Creative industry employment jumps 15.8%
Employment in the UK creative industries has jumped 15.8% since 2011 with 1.8 million jobs now in the sector, according to a new report.
According to figures released by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) the number of jobs within the creative industries increased by 5.5% compared to the national 2.1% rise in employment between 2013 and 2014.
It also found that the value of services exported by the UK’s creative industries in 2013 was £17.9bn, a rise of £3.5% (£598m) on the previous year. When looking at 2009 to 2013, exports from the creative industries increased by 34.2% (around £4.5bn) – outperforming the rest of the UK economy by almost 15%.
The figures also revealed a modest but important increase in the number of people identifying as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employed within the sector.
More than one in 10 (11%) of all jobs within the sector are now filled by someone from a ‘BAME’ background – the same level as across all UK industries.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said: “These latest figures demonstrate how the UK’s creative industries continue to be one of our great success stories. It’s a fantastic sector which now accounts for more than 1.8 million jobs in the UK, and employment in this areas is increasing at twice the rate of the wider economy.”
