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ISCED Levels 0-2: General Education
Figure 13 shows the development of the share of those with (only) General Education (levels 0-2 of the
ISCED classification): the figures for the UK are suspect (the gap for 1998 and the dramatic difference of
the figures before and after that gap relate to the change (update) of ISCED standard over that period),
but there is a noticeable growth in the Levels 0-2 share in Germany against an apparently decreasing
share in Sweden.
ISCED Level 3: Upper Secondary Education
The situation here (Figure 14) is relatively uniform, with the workforces in the UK and Germany showing
rather close development over time and about one third of the Computing Professionals holding
ISCED Level 3 as their highest academic achievement. Sweden’s share is a little lower, at just over one
quarter.
ISCED Levels 5-7: Tertiary Education
Here, too (Figure 15) there is rather strong similarity between the situation in the three countries, except
that the fraction of Computing Professionals with ISCED Levels 5-7 has enjoyed a modest increase in the
UK and Sweden, but fallen by a comparable amount in Germany.
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In very broad terms, some 2/3 of Computing Professionals (those allocated to ISCO 213) are graduates,
and nearly 1/3 have upper secondary education. Note that this distribution would not be expected from
the Computer Associate Professional (ISCO 312) community.
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