Digital tech turnover growth 2010-2014
1. Dundee 129%. 2. Edinburgh 48%. 3. Glasgow 42%. 4. Newcastle & Durham 29%. 5. Sunderland 44%. 6. Leeds 47%. 7. Liverpool 49%. 8. Manchester 40%. 9. Sheffield & Rotherham 45%. 10. Leicester 63%. 11. Birmingham 17%. 12. Worcester & Malvern 48%. 13. Norwich 22%. 14. Cambridge 46%. 15. Oxford 42%. 16. Bristol & Bath 53%. 17. Cardiff & Swansea 15%. 18. Ipswich 24%. 19. Reading & Bracknell 23%. 20. London 101%. 21. Southampton 180%. 22.Truro, Redruth & Camborne 153%. 23. Exeter & Newton Abbot 41%. 24. Bournemouth & Poole 39%. 25. Brighton 17%
BRITAIN’S UNICORNS
43%
of all European ‘unicorns’ (companies with $1bn dollar valuations) are based in the UK.
JOBS IN TECHNOLOGY
3.2m
There were 3.2m jobs in the UK’s high-tech economy in 2013, according to Nesta: 2.4m jobs in high-tech industries, 825,000 in Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) occupations and 1.6m in other roles, plus another 806,000 Stem roles outside high-tech industries.
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