Economic Estimates: Employment in DCMS sectors and digital sector, July 2022 to June 2023
National Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS sectors and digital sector to the UK economy, measured by employment.
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On 05 March 2024, a revision was made to the employed and self employed breakdowns in tables 2 and 3 of the Economic Estimates: Employment in DCMS sectors, July 2021 to June 2023 file. An error was identified with the employed and self-employed breakdowns in the previous tables for the nationality, sex, and age demographics. The total number of filled jobs was unintentionally provided for these breakdowns instead of values specifically for employed and self-employed. This has now been corrected.
The tables for the digital sectors are not affected by this change.
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These Economic Estimates are used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS sectors, and separately the digital sector, to the UK economy, measured by employment (number of filled jobs). These estimates are calculated based on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Population Survey (APS).
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DCMS Sectors
These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;
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civil society
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creative industries
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cultural sector
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gambling
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sport
Tourism is not included as the data is not yet available. The release also includes estimates for the audio visual sector and computer games sector.
Users should note that there is overlap between DCMS sector definitions. In particular, several cultural sector industries are simultaneously creative industries.
A definition for each sector is available in the tables published alongside this release. Further information on all these sectors is available in the associated technical report along with details of methods and data limitations.
Headline findings:
Between July 2022 to June 2023, there were 4.0 million total filled jobs in the included DCMS sectors, an increase of 408,000 (11.3%) since pre-pandemic (2019) and 113,000 (2.9%) since the previous equivalent 12-month period.
Since pre-pandemic (2019), driving the growth in included DCMS sector employment was the creative industries (17.8% increase). Over this period, employment also grew in the civil society sector (5.4% increase) and cultural sector (3.9% increase), however, remained below 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels in the sports sector (1.9% decrease) and gambling sector (1.1% decrease).
Digital sector:
These statistics also cover the contributions of the following digital sectors to the UK economy
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digital sector
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Of which: telecoms
Users should note that the telecoms sector sits wholly within the digital sector.
A definition for each sector is available in the tables published alongside this release. Further information on all these sectors is available in the associated technical report along with details of methods and data limitations.
Headline findings:
Between July 2022 and June 2023, there were approximately 1.9 million filled jobs in the digital sector, an increase of 358,000 (23.0%) since the 2019 calendar year (pre-pandemic) and 85,000 (4.7%) since the previous equivalent 12-month period.
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First published on 14 December 2023. Update to DCMS tables published on 05 March 2024.
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Office for Statistics Regulation
These official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) in June 2019. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled accredited official statistics. Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.
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The responsible analyst for this release is Nicholas Hamilton Wu.
For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.
Last updated 5 March 2024 + show all updates
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DCMS tables were updated to correct DCMS sector breakdowns for the employed and self-employed breakdowns for the nationality, sex, and age demographics. The estimates for these demographics previously contained their overall value instead of the employed and self-employed breakdowns.
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Technical and quality assurance reports for DCMS and digital sectors have been added.
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First published.