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Digital Sector Economic Estimates: Earnings

This series brings together the most up to date Digital Sector earnings datasets.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Published:
11 July 2024
Last updated:
1 October 2026
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  1. A note detailing the impact of the Machinery of Government change in July 2026 on the series has been added to the page.

  2. A link has been added to the DSIT response to the recent Digital Sector Economic Estimates consultation.

  3. A link to the DSIT Digital Sector Economic Estimates Consultation has been added

  4. First published.

About

DSIT earnings estimates provide important information on earnings within the Digital Sector.

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.

Following the Machinery of Government Change in July 2026, Digital Sector Economic Estimates are transferring from former DSIT to the new Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Any releases produced during this transition process will continue to be published here, with an underlying aim to bring the two series of Economic Estimates together in due course.

Included estimates:

DSIT currently release (or plan to release) the following estimates for earnings:

  • headline measures of earnings calculated based on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This survey uses employee data sampled from the PAYE system, but does not provide detailed employee characteristics. The ASHE dataset provides a snapshot of earnings in the UK for April of each year, with DSIT planning to produce estimates for employee median annual earnings, median weekly earnings, and the gender Pay Gap
  • hourly earnings estimates are calculated based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) produced by the ONS. The APS provides self-reported earnings data and estimates are therefore less robust than those from the ASHE. The APS includes more demographic information and can be used to estimate earnings for different demographic groups.

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 have recently concluded a consultation on the planned future of the Digital Sector Economic Estimates series. View the DSIT response to this consultation.

Digital Sector Economic Estimates, APS Earnings (Calendar Year)

Available: 2022 - 2023

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