UK: Women may take best jobs by 2020, say researchers

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'Men could struggle to get highly skilled jobs because women are increasing skills and qualifications at higher rates, say researchers.

Two-thirds of such jobs could go to women by 2020, says the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

UKCES warns that men urgently need to improve their levels of expertise if they want to compete.

TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said she feared better skills might not lead to better pay and jobs for women.

"The increased disparity between men's and women's skill levels is concerning for both sexes."

The researchers drew on 10 years of quarterly data on skills levels from the UK Labour Force Survey, which gathers data on 54,000 people of working age.'