DCMS Sector Economic Estimates: Employment Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
Estimate of the number of filled jobs in the DCMS Sectors, for the period October 2019 to September 2020.
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Revision Note, November 2024:
This data has been revised since publication.
For DCMS sector data, please see: Economic Estimates: Earnings 2023 and Employment October 2022 to September 2023 for the DCMS Sectors and Digital Sector
For Digital sector data, please see: Economic Estimates: Earnings 2023 and Employment October 2022 to September 2023 for the DCMS Sectors and Digital Sector
Revision note, October 2021:
ONS have released a revised APS dataset for October 2019 – September 2020 following re-weighting to account for population changes and the effects of changing survey mode. Revised estimates of employment in DCMS sectors during this period have now been published, using the updated weights.
We have also made an improvement to the method for estimating figures for Civil Society.
Headline Findings
In the period October 2019 to September 2020, there were 5.5 million jobs in DCMS sectors, accounting for 16.4% of all UK jobs.
The Creative Industries had the most jobs with 2.2 million. This is followed by the Digital Sector (1.7 million) and Civil Society (984,000). The sector with the fewest jobs is Gambling at 73,000.
The provisional estimates suggest that there were just under 1.6 million jobs in the Tourism sector. Tourism employment estimates are calculated using provisional estimates in the latest (2018) Tourism Satellite Account (TSA). This is a different methodology to the other sectors.
Socio-economic background
In parallel to this set of employment estimates, we have published some statistics on socio-economic background, using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). These are available to download as an ad hoc publication.
About
These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of employment (number of filled jobs) in the DCMS Sectors, for the period October 2019 to September 2020. The findings are calculated based on the ONS Annual Population Survey (APS).
Content
These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;
- Civil Society
- Creative Industries
- Cultural Sector
- Digital Sector
- Gambling
- Sport
- Telecoms
- Tourism
The UK Statistics Authority
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018) produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.
Contact
Responsible statistician: Edward Wilkinson
For any queries or feedback, please contact [email protected].
Updates to this page
Published 21 January 2021Last updated 22 November 2024 + show all updates
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Employment data tables have been removed, and a redirect notice has been added to the landing page.
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Updated to give link to revised employment estimates.
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A "call to action" for users to exercise caution with this data, following a clarification from the ONS about the underlying dataset. It also sets out next steps that we will be taking at DCMS.
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First published.