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Telecommunications
In 2020, the Digital Sector contributed around £142.3 billion to the UK economy. This was 7.5% of total UK GVA, compared to 7.0% in 2019.
From 2010 to 2019 (the last full year prior to the pandemic) the Digital Sector grew by 66.6%, compared to 19.6% for the UK. The GVA of the Digital Sector then increased by 0.4% from 2019 to 2020, while the UK economy as a whole fell by 10.6%.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology currently groups the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes defining the Digital Sector into nine distinct subsectors, grouped by policy themes. Looking at these subsectors:
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The trend from 2019 to 2020 was affected by a fall of 9.9% in the “Film, TV, video, radio, music” subsector, counterbalanced by a rise in the “Telecommunications” (4.3%) and “Computer programming, consultancy and related activities” subsectors (2.3%).
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“Computer programming, consultancy and related activities” subsector (£53.4bn) is also consistently the largest in size within the Digital Sector, generating £53.4bn for the UK economy in 2020.
The UK economy as a whole was adversely affected by COVID-19 but the Digital Sector mainly particularly comprised of industries that were less affected by its impacts, perhaps because they relied less on in-person production and/or consumption of goods and services.
The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals
Our flexible CPD programme helps keep your skills and knowledge up to date. You can learn through print articles, training videos and seminars / webinars on a variety of specialist areas.
The advancement of your professional career and organisation is heavily reliant on how frequently you and others engage in CPD. You may struggle to keep up with the ever-changing world of the Technical Industry without it.
Queen Margaret University
Do you work in PR and communications and want to take your career to a new level? Or, do you want to enter a career in the area? Consider studying a study single module - a flexible, part-time way to develop your professional skills and knowledge.
The single modules available are part of our MSc/PgCert in Strategic Communication and Public Relations and could be the stepping stone to achieving an MSc if you wanted to progress your studies.
University of Oxford
High quality technical training courses for professionals: radio network engineers, RAN engineers, RF engineers, planners and service developers, network providers, equipment and software designers, mobile application developers, equipment vendors and media and content providers.
Contributors are from leading organisations, such as the European Space Agency, Nokia, Skyworks Solutions and the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University.