Official Statistics

Digital Sector Economic Estimates 2018: Earnings

These experimental statistics presents analysis on median annual earnings for Digital Sector employees as well as those working in Digital Occupations.

Documents

Tables 1-10: Earnings in the Digital Sector

Tables 11-16: Earnings in Digital Occupations

Tables 17-19: Earnings in the Digital Economy

Details

About

This is the first time DCMS have introduced analysis on earnings in the Digital Sector as well as Digital Occupations, and therefore these statistics are classed as experimental statistics. The data is based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) dataset provided by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and is the most detailed and comprehensive source of earnings information in the UK.

Released

4 September 2019

Feedback and consultation

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. DCMS plan to widen this analysis further in the future to include all DCMS sectors, if there is sufficient interest in these statistics and therefore welcome feedback on this release. Feedback should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@culture.gov.uk.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The responsible statisticians for this release is Davita Patel (020 7211 2317). For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at evidence@culture.gov.uk.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

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Published 4 September 2019

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