Considering a move into the UK tech sector? Researching possible next steps for your kids?
Choosing a career, or the next step on the ladder can be a big moment for all of us, whatever the age, so these statistics on the current health of the UK computer science sector should help give you a clearer picture. As you’ll see, business is booming and you couldn’t have picked a better time to get involved.
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Computer Science Job Statistics in the UK
More than 4 in every 100 advertised jobs in the UK require computer science skills, as of summer 2021.
Across the 10 most common computer science careers, the average salary was £42,023.
Salaries in these 10 most common computer science careers have been consistently above the UK average salary since 2014.
Software developer roles accounted for 1 in 100 of all job roles advertised within the UK, at the time of writing in summer 2021.
Business Leader – June 2021
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The number of employees in IT, computer and software based roles in the UK almost doubled between 2011 (483,000) and 2020 (860,000) according to Statista.
Statista – June 2021
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According to Tech Nation’s Job Report 2021, demand for tech jobs was 42% higher in June 2021 than at the same time in 2019, even after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Venture capital (VC) investment in the first half of 2021 exceeded any annual records to date with over $18bn raised by tech firms within the UK.
Tech vacancies made up 13% of all job vacancies in the UK, during H1 2021.
The average tech salary in the UK was up to 50% higher than the average for all vacancies in 2021.
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The UK tech industry is estimated to make a direct contribution of 7.2% to the UK economy, approximately £101.8bn.
The top 5 metro areas for tech employment in the UK are London, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow and Birmingham respectively.
37,000 new hire positions were expected in 2021 across the UK.
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Approximately 1 in 5 jobs in London is now in the tech sector.
Evening Standard – September 2021
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There were approximately 74,000 programming and developer roles advertised across the UK in October 2021.
HR News – October 2021
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58,000 additional tech and IT jobs were created between July and September 2021 alone, within the UK, according to the ONS.
ZDNet – November 2021
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Cambridge is the UK’s leading regional tech city.
The number of tech sector jobs in Manchester increased by 164.6% in 2021.
The highest advertised average salaries outside London were in Edinburgh at £58,405.
The combined value of UK tech companies founded since 2000 is now £540bn.
Tech investment grew 2.3x in 2021, the highest growth since 2013-14 in the UK.
UK startups raised £29.4bn in 2021, double that raised by Germany and almost three times as much as raised in France.
37% of all UK tech funding came from the United States of America in 2021.
The UK had a total of 115 tech unicorns at the end of 2021, more than France and Germany combined.
25% of all UK tech unicorns were created in 2021.
35% of UK tech unicorns are outside of London.
21.6% of all UK job ads in the tech sector were advertised as remote roles in 2021.
The UK government is aiming to spend up to £22bn in R&D within the UK tech sector by 2026-27.
Dept. of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport – December 2021
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If that doesn’t convince you, we don’t know what will…
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