{
  "edition": "2026-q3",
  "title": "The UK Skills Ladder",
  "asOf": "2026-07-13",
  "source": {
    "name": "Zavmo careers graph — read-only production audit, 13 July 2026",
    "underlying": [
      "Ofqual Register of Regulated Qualifications (Open Government Licence v3.0)",
      "UK National Occupational Standards (NOS)"
    ]
  },
  "figures": {
    "roles": 58802,
    "standards": 14078,
    "qualifications": 601033,
    "rolesWithMappedRoute": 45177,
    "roleSkillLinks": 419922,
    "skillQualLinks": 140780,
    "roleQualLinks": 1006406
  },
  "derived": {
    "coveragePct": 76.8,
    "unmappedRoles": 13625,
    "avgSkillsPerMappedRole": 9.3,
    "avgQualsPerStandard": 10
  },
  "machineInferred": [
    "skillQualLinks",
    "roleQualLinks"
  ],
  "notes": {
    "skillQualLinks": "Skill-to-qualification links are machine-inferred (top-10 vector similarity per standard) — suggested matches, not regulator fact.",
    "roleQualLinks": "Direct role-to-qualification links are machine-inferred — suggested matches, not regulator fact.",
    "rolesWithMappedRoute": "A role counts as mapped when it has at least one authoritative role-to-standard link; 100% of mapped roles reach a full role → skill → qualification chain."
  },
  "licence": "Free to quote with attribution to Zavmo (zavmo.ai).",
  "canonical": "https://zavmo.ai/uk/reports/skills-ladder-2026-q3",
  "methodology": "https://zavmo.ai/methodology",
  "contact": "hello@zavmo.ai"
}