Question reference: S5W-15842
- Asked by: Mairi Gougeon, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 9 April 2018
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Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 April 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been employed in the software and electronic publishing sector in each year since 2008.
Answer
Table 1 shows the estimated level of total employment within Scotland’s software and electronic publishing sector from 2009 to 2017. January-December 2017 is the most recent Annual Population Survey data available.
Table 1: Total employment in software
and electronic publishing, Scotland, 2009-2017
Year | Employment (000s) |
Jan-Dec 2009 | 23,000 |
Jan-Dec 2010 | 20,000 |
Jan-Dec 2011 | 24,000 |
Jan-Dec 2012 | 30,200 |
Jan-Dec 2013 | 31,800 |
Jan-Dec 2014 | 29,100 |
Jan-Dec 2015 | 35,000 |
Jan-Dec 2016 | 41,900 |
Jan-Dec 2017 | 42,500 |
Source: Annual Population Survey
*Figures rounded to nearest 100.
1. The ‘software and electronic publishing sector’ is defined as including the following Standard Industrial Classification 2007:
58.29 Other software Publishing
62.01/2 Business and domestic software development
62.02 Computer consultancy activities
This definition is consistent with the Scottish Government’s Growth Sector definition of ‘Digital Industries’. More details can found in the Growth Sectors Database at the link shown below:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Publications/GrowthSectors/2
2. The industry classification SIC 2007 was introduced to the Annual Population Survey in 2009. It is therefore not possible from this source to produce a consistent estimate of employment in this sector for 2008.