ICT specialists in employment in United Kingdom
ICT specialists made up 5.6% of total employment in United Kingdom in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2011.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
United Kingdom, 2019
5.6%e (Estimated)
Change from 2018
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2019
4.0%e (Estimated)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
4.2%
ICT specialists in employment in United Kingdom over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 5.0%e (estimated) |
| 2024 | – | 4.9%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | – | 4.8%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | – | 4.6%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | – | 4.5%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | – | 4.3%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 5.6%e (estimated) | 4.0%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 5.4%e (estimated) | 3.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.2%e (estimated) | 3.7%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.3%e (estimated) | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5.2%e (estimated) | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 5.0%e (estimated) | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 4.9%e (estimated) | 3.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 5.0%e (estimated) | 3.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 4.8%be (break in time series, estimated) | 3.0%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2010 | – | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | – | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | – | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | – | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | – | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | – | 3.3%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2004 | – | 3.1%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; be break in time series, estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 5.4% in 2018.
- Since 2011, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 4.0%.
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