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	*The video games industry employs 27,000 people, 16,000 (59%) of whom are aged 16-39, with the remaining 11,000 people (41%) aged 40 and over. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment DCMS], Apr 2020)		*The video games industry employs 27,000 people, 16,000 (59%) of whom are aged 16-39, with the remaining 11,000 people (41%) aged 40 and over. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment DCMS], Apr 2020)
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		+	'''NB:''' The fluctuations in the games industry employment figures over this time period do not reflect the industry's perception of employment in this same period, owing to limitations in how SIC codes are used to identify the video games sector and consequently how employment is officially measured.

	== Industry Stats ==		== Industry Stats ==

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 === Employment ===
-'''Employment in UK computer games sector 2011-2019 according to DCMS Sectors Economis Estimates 2015-2019''' ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment 2019], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2018-employment 2018], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-employment 2017], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-employment-and-trade 2016], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2016 2015], DCMS)
+'''Employment in UK DCMS sectors 2011-2019 according to DCMS Sectors Economis Estimates 2015-2019''' ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment 2019], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2018-employment 2018], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-employment 2017], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-employment-and-trade 2016], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2016 2015], DCMS)
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	=== Employment ===		=== Employment ===
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		+	'''Employment in UK computer games sector 2011-2019 according to DCMS Sectors Economis Estimates 2015-2019''' ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment 2019], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2018-employment 2018], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-employment 2017], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-employment-and-trade 2016], [https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2016 2015], DCMS)
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		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	!Sector
		+	!2011
		+	!2012
		+	!2013
		+	!2014
		+	!2015
		+	!2016
		+	!2017
		+	!2018
		+	!2019
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="text-align:left;" \| '''Computer Games'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''13,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''15,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''19,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''24,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''20,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''23,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''30,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''22,000'''
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| '''27,000'''
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="text-align:left;" \| Creative Industries
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.56m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.69m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.71m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.81m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.87m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.96m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 2.01m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 2.04m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 2.10m
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="text-align:left;" \| Digital Sector
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.29m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.38m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.38m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.39m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.42m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.46m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.50m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.51m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 1.56m
		+	\|-
		+	\|style="text-align:left;" \| UK Total Workforce
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 30.1m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 30.3m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 30.8m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 31.4m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 32.0m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 32.4m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 32.9m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 33.1m
		+	\|style="text-align:right;" \| 33.6m
		+	\|}

	*The video games industry employs 27,000 people, 16,000 (59%) of whom are aged 16-39, with the remaining 11,000 people (41%) aged 40 and over. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment DCMS], Apr 2020)		*The video games industry employs 27,000 people, 16,000 (59%) of whom are aged 16-39, with the remaining 11,000 people (41%) aged 40 and over. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment DCMS], Apr 2020)

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 ''<nowiki>*</nowiki>The leap in computer games GVA between 2016 and 2017 is likely due to improvement in games companies assigning themselves correct SIC codes following [https://www.nesta.org.uk/press-release/ukie-and-nesta-team-up-to-put-uk-games-industry-on-the-map/ Ukie's campaign to achieve this], rather than owing purely to an increase in GVA.''
-The following figures are given in chained volume measures and so do account for inflation.
+*According to DCMS's Sector Economic Estimates, GVA by chained volume measures for the whole of the creative industries was a record £113.6bn in 2019, up 5.6% on the total from the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
-*According to DCMS's Sector Economic Estimates, GVA for the whole of the creative industries was a record £113.6bn in 2019, up 5.6% on the total from the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
+*Video games contributed a record £2.91bn to the UK economy in 2019, measured using current prices and so not accounting for inflation. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
-*Video games contributed a record £2.91bn to the UK economy in 2019, though this figure does not account for inflation. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
+*Video game development and publishing also contribute to the digital sector, which saw a record total GVA of 147.5bn by chained volume measures in 2019, up 6.1% on 2018. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
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	*Video games contributed a record £2.91bn to the UK economy in 2019, though this figure does not account for inflation. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)		*Video games contributed a record £2.91bn to the UK economy in 2019, though this figure does not account for inflation. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
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−	*The whole of the creative industries contributed a record £101.5bn in GVA to the UK economy in 2017, an increase of 7.1% on the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-gva DCMS], Nov 2018)

	*Video game development and publishing also contribute to the digital sector, which saw a record total GVA of 147.5bn in 2019, up 6.1% on 2018. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)		*Video game development and publishing also contribute to the digital sector, which saw a record total GVA of 147.5bn in 2019, up 6.1% on 2018. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)

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 ''<nowiki>*</nowiki>The leap in computer games GVA between 2016 and 2017 is likely due to improvement in games companies assigning themselves correct SIC codes following [https://www.nesta.org.uk/press-release/ukie-and-nesta-team-up-to-put-uk-games-industry-on-the-map/ Ukie's campaign to achieve this], rather than owing purely to an increase in GVA.''
 *According to DCMS's Sector Economic Estimates, GVA for the whole of the creative industries was a record £113.6bn in 2019, up 5.6% on the total from the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
-*Video game development and publishing also contribute to the digital sector, which saw a record total GVA of 147.5bn in 2019, up 6.1% on 2018. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
+*Video games contributed a record £2.91bn to the UK economy in 2019, though this figure does not account for inflation. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
-*Video games themselves contributed a record £2.91bn to the UK economy in 2019, though this figure does not account for inflation. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
+*The whole of the creative industries contributed a record £101.5bn in GVA to the UK economy in 2017, an increase of 7.1% on the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-gva DCMS], Nov 2018)
-*The creative industries contributed a record £101.5bn in GVA to the UK economy in 2017, and in crease of 7.1% on the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-gva DCMS], Nov 2018)
+*Video game development and publishing also contribute to the digital sector, which saw a record total GVA of 147.5bn in 2019, up 6.1% on 2018. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
 === Employment ===

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-=== 2018 Stats ===
+=== Screen Business (2018) ===
-*Overall in 2016, the UK games industry provided 47,620 FTE jobs and contributed £2.87bn in GVA to the UK economy. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
+The 2018 BFI report [[BFI_Screen_Business|Screen Business: How tax incentives help power economic growth across the UK’,]] provided a range of updated and alternative economic measurements of the UK games industry's economic impact in 2016, including a detailed assessment of the impacts of VGTR. These include:
-*The UK games industry directly employs 20,430 FTEs in development, publishing and retail roles, which contribute £1.52bn in direct GVA to the economy. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
+''Overall UK Games Industry (all stats relate to 2016)'''
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-*The economic impact of the growing UK Esports sector was also assessed for the first time and was shown to have supported 470 FTE jobs and contributed £18.4m in GVA in 2016. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
+*In 2016, the UK games industry spent £1.25bn on game development.
 *In the period 2015-2017, there was at least £1.75bn of inward investment in the UK games industry. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
-*The VGTR supports 9,240 FTE jobs across the UK games industry, including 4,320 directly in development roles (31% of the total UK development workforce). ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
+'''VGTR'''
-*VGTR games represented £389.9m of UK development spend, 31% of the total development spend. Overall, projects supported by the VGTR contibuted£525m in GVA to the UK economy and £158m in tax revenue. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
+=== 2018 Stats ===
 *There are 2,277 active video game companies in the UK, as of October 2018. ([https://gamesmap.uk UK Games Map], Oct 2018)

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 '''GVA by current prices in £bn for the period 2010-2019 across multiple DCMS sectors and subsectors''' ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
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 <nowiki>*</nowiki>The leap in computer games GVA between 2016 and 2017 is likely due to improvement in games companies assigning themselves correct SIC codes following [https://www.nesta.org.uk/press-release/ukie-and-nesta-team-up-to-put-uk-games-industry-on-the-map/ Ukie's campaign to achieve this], rather than owing purely to an increase in GVA.
 *According to DCMS's Sector Economic Estimates, GVA for the whole of the creative industries was a record £113.6bn in 2019, up 5.6% on the total from the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
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 *Video games themselves contributed a record £2.91bn to the UK economy in 2019, though this figure does not account for inflation. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-economic-estimates-2019-gross-value-added DCMS], Feb 2021)
 *The video games industry employs 27,000 people, 16,000 (59%) of whom are aged 16-39, with the remaining 11,000 people (41%) aged 40 and over. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2019-employment DCMS], Apr 2020)
-== 2018 Stats ==
+== Industry Stats ==
-*The creative industries contributed a record £101.5bn in GVA to the UK economy in 2017, and in crease of 7.1% on the previous year. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2017-gva DCMS], Nov 2018)
+=== 2018 Stats ===
-*Overall in 2016, the UK games industry provided 47,620 FTE jobs and contibuted £2.87bn in GVA to the UK economy. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
+*Overall in 2016, the UK games industry provided 47,620 FTE jobs and contributed £2.87bn in GVA to the UK economy. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
-*The UK games industry directly employs 20,430 FTEs in development, publishing and retail roles, which contibute £1.52bn in direct GVA to the economy. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
+*The UK games industry directly employs 20,430 FTEs in development, publishing and retail roles, which contribute £1.52bn in direct GVA to the economy. ([https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/reports/uk-film-economy Olsberg SPI / BFI], Oct 2018)
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 *Valve’s Steam platforms top 10 highest grossing VR games featured 11 games made in the UK, including one game partly made in the UK in the top “platinum” tier, one UK-made game in the gold tier and four in silver. ([http://ukie.org.uk/news/2018/01/strong-showing-uk-made-games-steams-biggest-games-2017 Steam / Ukie], Jan 2018)
-== 2017 Stats ==
+=== 2017 Stats ===
 *83% of UK games businesses predict growth in FY2017/18, up from 79% in the previous year. 82% of games companies are also looking to expand their workforce in the same period. ([http://ukie.org.uk/news/2017/11/ukie-member-survey-prospects-exports-satisfaction Ukie], Nov 2017)
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 *In terms of time spent across the three main art areas , 51.6% of time is spent on environment art, 28% on character art and 20% on concept art. ([https://www.creative-assembly.com/blog/creative-chronicles-programming Creative Assembly], 2017)
-== 2016 Stats ==
+=== 2016 Stats ===
 *European games industry professionals rate the UK as the place in Europe where both the best games are made today and the best games will be made in five year’s time. ([http://registration.gdceurope.com/GDCEurope-StateOfGame?_mc=blog_x_gdceu_wp_aud_gdceu_x_x-sotieu GDC], Aug 2016)
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 *The UK’s creative industries are now worth a record £84.1 billion to the UK economy. The figures show the sector growing at almost twice the rate of the wider UK economy - generating £9.6million per hour. ([https://www.gov.uk/government/news/creative-industries-worth-almost-10-million-an-hour-to-economy Gov.co.uk], Jan 2016)
-== 2015 Stats ==
+=== 2015 Stats ===
 *In 2013, the core UK video games sector (video games made wholly or partially in the UK) supported 12,100 FTEs of direct employment. This is split into 9,400 FTEs in development, 900 in publishing and 1,800 in retail. ([http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-reports/reports/uk-film-economy/economic-contribution-uks-film-sectors BFI], Feb 2015)

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 <nowiki>*</nowiki>The leap in computer games GVA between 2016 and 2017 is likely due to improvement in games companies assigning themselves correct SIC codes following [https://www.nesta.org.uk/press-release/ukie-and-nesta-team-up-to-put-uk-games-industry-on-the-map/ Ukie's campaign to achieve this], rather than owing purely to an increase in GVA.