2.4 Skills-related underemployment by qualification level

Workers with a degree or equivalent level of education are substantially more likely to be overqualified for their current job than are other workers (Figure 2.4). Their underemployment grew after the great recession and it has not returned to pre-2008 levels. The percentage of overqualified workers among those with a “Higher education” and “GCE, A-level or equivalent” did not change in the period under study.

FIGURE 2.4: Workers with a university degree are more likely to be overqualified for their jobs