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Digital Sector Economic Estimates: Employment

This series brings together the most up to date Digital Sector employment (number of filled jobs) datasets.

From:: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Published: 11 July 2024
Last updated: 8 November 2024 — See all updates

About

DSIT employment estimates provide an overview of those working in the Digital Sector and the UK overall. They provide a measure of the number of jobs supported by industries within the Digital Sector, and of the characteristics of those filling these jobs by demographic group. This enables assessment of the contribution of the Digital Sector to the UK economy, and a greater understanding of access to employment in the Digital Sector.

Since the publication of our most recent employment statistics, the ONS has carried out analysis to assess the impact of falling sample sizes on the quality of Annual Population Survey (APS) estimates. Due to the ongoing challenges with response rates, response levels and weighting, the accreditation of ONS statistics based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) was temporarily suspended on 9 October 2024. Because of the increased volatility of both Labour Force Survey (LFS) and APS estimates, the ONS advises that estimates produced using these datasets should be treated with additional caution.

ONS statistics based on both the APS and LFS will be considered Official Statistics in Development until further review. We are reviewing the quality of our estimates and will update users about the accreditation of DSIT Digital Sector Economic Estimates for Employment if this changes.

Included estimates:

DSIT currently release the following estimates for employment:

headline measures of employment (number of filled jobs) are calculated based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) These estimates are produced on a rolling quarterly basis with each dataset covering a 12 month period (4 quarters). These estimates contain a measure of headline employment in the Digital Sector (and UK overall) as well as breakdowns by various demographic characteristics

For information on how these estimates are produced please see the relevant technical report for each release.

In releases before April 2024, figures for the Digital Sector (and its subsectors, including Telecommunications) were produced by DCMS as part of their DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates series.

DSIT are currently conducting a review of the Digital Sector Economic Estimates series and are consulting with users on potential changes. If you would like to contribute to this consultation, please do so using this link. The consultation will close at 11:59pm on 26 September.

A summary of the responses to this consultation will be provided in a published response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing.