Dataset

Lightcast - Core Labor Market Information (UK)

Jobs & Workforce Snowflake 1 source

British employment figures refreshed two times per year.

Dataset card

Lightcast - Core Labor Market Information (UK) is listed on Snowflake Marketplace by Lightcast.

The data

The source tags it with economy.

Documentation & references 2
  1. Lightcast/Lightcast - Core Labor Market Information (UK): listing on Snowflake Marketplace
  2. Lightcast: official website

Further reading

All guides
  • What is alternative data?Alternative data in investment research: what the term covers, how it differs from data format, and why provenance, timing, access and validation matter.
  • Job postings as an investment signalWhy hiring data predicts fundamentals: growth intent, expansion geography, technology adoption and cost control, how postings are collected, structured and turned into tradeable indicators.
  • Web scraping and compliance in alternative dataHow scraped datasets are actually collected, where terms of service and computer-muse laws draw lines, what hiQ v. LinkedIn settled and did not, and the diligence checklist for legally fragile data.
  • Free alternative data sourcesThe practical list of free alternative-data sources for investors: public filings, official statistics, satellite and earth observation, on-chain data, web archives and open registries, what each covers, what it costs in engineering effort, and where free data falls short.
  • Alternative data for investingHow funds turn alternative data into an investment edge: signal families, evaluation, backtesting, compliance and the build-vs-buy decision, mapped to the datasets and providers indexed on this encyclopedia.
  • Job market data: datasets and providersThe datasets and providers behind labor-market signals: job postings, payroll, employee profiles and job-change data, what each source measures, its caveats and how to choose one.

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