Considering a move into the UK tech sector? Researching possible next steps for your kids?<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Please note that all sources have been credited as best possible. (If you find an issue, just let us know<\/a>.)<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n More than 4 in every 100 advertised jobs in the UK require computer science skills, as of summer 2021.<\/p>\n Across the 10 most common computer science careers, the average salary was \u00a342,023.<\/p>\n Salaries in these 10 most common computer science careers have been consistently above the UK average salary since 2014.<\/p>\n Software developer roles accounted for 1 in 100 of all job roles advertised within the UK, at the time of writing in summer 2021.<\/p>\n Business Leader<\/a> – June 2021<\/em><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Statista<\/a> – June 2021<\/em><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n According to Tech Nation\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Tech vacancies made up 13% of all job vacancies in the UK, during H1 2021.<\/p>\n The average tech salary in the UK was up to 50% higher than the average for all vacancies in 2021.<\/p>\n Tech Nation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n The UK tech industry is estimated to make a direct contribution of 7.2% to the UK economy, approximately \u00a3101.8bn.<\/p>\n The top 5 metro areas for tech employment in the UK are London, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow and Birmingham respectively.<\/p>\n 37,000 new hire positions were expected in 2021 across the UK.<\/p>\n Comptia<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Approximately 1 in 5 jobs in London is now in the tech sector.<\/p>\n Evening Standard<\/a> – September 2021<\/em><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n There were approximately 74,000 programming and developer roles advertised across the UK in October 2021.<\/p>\n HR News<\/a> – October 2021<\/em><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n 58,000 additional tech and IT jobs were created between July and September 2021 alone, within the UK, according to the ONS.<\/p>\n ZDNet<\/a> – November 2021<\/em><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Cambridge is the UK\u2019s leading regional tech city.<\/p>\n The number of tech sector jobs in Manchester increased by 164.6% in 2021.<\/p>\n The highest advertised average salaries outside London were in Edinburgh at \u00a358,405.<\/p>\n The combined value of UK tech companies founded since 2000 is now \u00a3540bn.<\/p>\n Tech investment grew 2.3x in 2021, the highest growth since 2013-14 in the UK.<\/p>\n UK startups raised \u00a329.4bn in 2021, double that raised by Germany and almost three times as much as raised in France.<\/p>\n 37% of all UK tech funding came from the United States of America in 2021.<\/p>\n The UK had a total of 115 tech unicorns at the end of 2021, more than France and Germany combined.<\/p>\n 25% of all UK tech unicorns were created in 2021.<\/p>\n 35% of UK tech unicorns are outside of London.<\/p>\n 21.6% of all UK job ads in the tech sector were advertised as remote roles in 2021.<\/p>\n The UK government is aiming to spend up to \u00a322bn in R&D within the UK tech sector by 2026-27.<\/p>\n Dept. of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport<\/a> – December 2021<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n If that doesn’t convince you, we don’t know what will…<\/p>\nComputer Science Job Statistics in the UK<\/h2>\n