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Dundee’s digital technology sector has been driven by a thriving games industry. The city’s digital tech businesses have produced several hit video games, including the first of the Grand Theft Auto series (DMA Designs, now Rockstar North) and the Championship Manager Series (Dynamo Games).

Last year the city hosted the NEoN digital arts festival, while the Dundee Design Museum welcomed its first games designer in residence.

The strength of this sector has been underpinned by significant investment in education. In 2009 the UK Government invested £2.5 million in a video game centre at Abertay University, the first university in the world to offer a course in computer video gaming engineering.

This investment has continued with the set-up of IDEAScotland (a collaboration of Brightsolid, DC Thomson, „Abertay University, University of Dundee) which will support startups in the digital, technology and creative media sectors in Dundee and more broadly.

Belfast

Digital Employment:
32000

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
73%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Games Development & Publishing
  • Software Development
  • Data Management & Analytics
Belfast

Birmingham

Digital Employment:
20064

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
51%

Key Sector Focus:

  • EdTech
  • Marketplace/Lead Generation
  • Software Development
Birmingham

Bournemouth & Poole

Digital Employment:
7272

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
212%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Advertising & Marketing
  • E-Commerce
  • Games Development & Publishing
Bournemouth & Poole

Brighton & Hove

Digital Employment:
7458

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
91%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Advertising & Marketing
  • Software Development
  • Games Development & Publishing
Brighton & Hove

Bristol & Bath

Digital Employment:
61653

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
65%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Data Management & Analytics
  • Software Development
  • EdTech
Bristol & Bath

Cambridge

Digital Employment:
21862

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
46%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Electronics & Components
  • Data Management & Analytics
  • Software Development
Cambridge

Dundee

Digital Employment:
3808

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
2.28%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Video Games
Dundee

Edinburgh

Digital Employment:
17136

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
33%

Key Sector Focus:

  • FinTech
  • EdTech
  • Software Development
Edinburgh

Glasgow

Digital Employment:
19282

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
3.34%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Smart City Innovation
Glasgow

Greater Manchester

Digital Employment:
56145

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
70%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Hardware & Devices
  • Media & Entertainment
  • FinTech
Greater Manchester

Great Malvern

Digital Employment:
9353

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
0.7%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Cyber Security
Great Malvern

Hull

Digital Employment:
12219

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
57%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Software Development
  • Advertising & Marketing
  • Games Development & Publishing
Hull

Inner London

Digital Employment:
251590

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
92%

Key Sector Focus:

  • FinTech
  • Marketplace/Lead Generation
  • Data Management & Analytics
Inner London

Leeds

Digital Employment:
44951

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
7.28%

Key Sector Focus:

  • FinTech
  • Big Data
Leeds

Liverpool

Digital Employment:
9560

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
119%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Games Development & Publishing
  • Software Development
  • Advertising & Marketing
Liverpool

North East

Digital Employment:
26856

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
24%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Software Development
  • Advertising & Marketing
  • HealthTech
North East

Norwich

Digital Employment:
14521

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
21%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Telecommunications & Networks
  • Advertising & Marketing
  • Software Development
Norwich

Oxford

Digital Employment:
21970

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
24%

Key Sector Focus:

  • EdTech
  • HealthTech
  • Software Development
Oxford

Reading

Digital Employment:
54527

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
5.3%

Key Sector Focus:

  • Big Data
Reading

Sheffield

Digital Employment:
21403

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
17%

Key Sector Focus:

  • EdTech
  • Data Management & Analytics
  • Telecommunications & Networking
Sheffield

South Wales

Digital Employment:
28308

Growth of Companies Incorporated (2010-13):
87%

Key Sector Focus:

  • HealthTech
  • Data Management & Analytics
  • E-Commerce
South Wales