Official Statistics

Digital Sector Economic Estimates 2016 - Key Findings

Updated 26 January 2016

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1. Key Findings

1.1 Gross Value Added (GVA) (2009 – 2014) – measured in current prices (i.e. not adjusted for inflation).

  • GVA of the Digital Sector was £118.3bn in 2014, an increase of 7.2 per cent compared with 2013.
  • The Digital Sector accounted for 7.3 per cent of the UK Economy in 2014, the highest proportion recorded, up from 6.9 per cent in 2009.

1.2 Employment (2011 – 2014)

  • In 2014, there were 1.4 million jobs in the Digital Sector, 4.4 per cent of total jobs in the UK, up from 1.3 million in 2011.
  • In 2014, there were 2.0 million jobs in the Digital Economy, an increase of 1.7 per cent compared to 2013.

1.3 Exports (2013) – measured in current prices (i.e. not adjusted for inflation).

  • Total exports for the Digital Sector in 2013 were worth £43.0bn, 8.2 per cent of all UK exports (goods and services).
  • The value of services exported by the UK Digital Sector in 2013 was £27.6bn, 12.8 per cent of total UK services exported.
  • The value of goods exported by the UK Digital Sector in 2014 was £15.9bn, a 3.3 per cent increase on the 2013 value of £15.4bn.
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