Regional ICT Profile

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is one of the ten priority clusters specified in the AWM programme. ICT is important to the West Midlands for two reasons. Firstly, output from firms within the sector accounts for a significant proportion (6%) of regional output. Second, as an enabling set of technologies, ICT supports almost all sectors of the economy. Hence, the creation of a dynamic and successful ICT cluster in the West Midlands will have a substantial knock-on benefit for the regional economy as a whole.

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Key Data:

  • 41,000 people, employed in approximately 3,000 businesses
  • (ICT) Represents:
    • £4.4 bn turnover or 5.4% of the UK’s overall ICT output
    • 6% of the Region’s economy
  • Major ICT players located within the Region e.g. AT&T, Celestica, Ericsson, Fujitsu, IBM, Ricoh 
  • Consists of two broad sub-sectors: Services/Software (56% of regional ICT employment) and Electronics (44%)
  • Major sub-sectors in terms of Output include:
    • Computer Services (£1.4billion)
    • Telecommunications (£0.67 billion)
    • Components (£0.5 billion)
    • Telecoms services (£0.38 billion)
  • High regional densities in Telecommunications and Computer Equipment sub-sectors compared with the national average

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