Official statistics announcement

Economic Estimates: Employment in DCMS sectors, January 2025 to December 2025

Official statistics of the number of filled jobs in DCMS Sectors, for the period January 2025 to December 2025. This publication will also include estimates of the number of creative occupations and the creative economy, based on SOC2020, for the years 2021 to 2025.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Published: 21 May 2026
• Last updated: 2 July 2026

• Release date: 16 July 2026 9:30am (confirmed)

The release date has been changed

• Previous date: 9 July 2026 9:30am
• Reason for change: To allow additional time for quality assurance, due to temporary resourcing issues.

These statistics will be released on 16 July 2026 9:30am