RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT IN HIGH AND MEDIUM-HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES |
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Table 14(b) - Numbers and Percentages of Total Employee Jobs in the High and Medium High Technology Sectors1,2 |
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| Thousands and per cent |
GO Region/Country |
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| United Kingdom1,2 | North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | East of England | London | South East | South West | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | ||
| 1998 | level | 1,518.1 | 75.2 | 189.6 | 114.5 | 124.9 | 220.0 | 149.7 | 74.6 | 214.3 | 129.4 | 1,292.1 | 77.3 | 116.6 | 32.2 |
| per cent | 6.1 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 5.2 | |
| 1999 | level | 1,462.0 | 68.0 | 187.0 | 106.0 | 115.0 | 206.0 | 133.0 | 77.0 | 218.0 | 126.0 | 1,236.0 | 81.0 | 114.0 | 32.0 |
| per cent | 5.7 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | |
| 2000 | level | 1,436.0 | 68.0 | 181.0 | 105.0 | 113.0 | 192.0 | 139.0 | 72.0 | 211.0 | 127.0 | 1,208.0 | 78.0 | 115.0 | 35.0 |
| per cent | 5.6 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | |
| 2001 | level | 1,365.0 | 66.0 | 176.0 | 102.0 | 110.0 | 184.0 | 136.0 | 66.0 | 192.0 | 124.0 | 1,156.0 | 71.0 | 103.0 | 35.0 |
| per cent | 5.2 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | |
| 2002 | level | 1,279.0 | 64.0 | 163.0 | 96.0 | 103.0 | 176.0 | 132.0 | 57.0 | 183.0 | 113.0 | 1,087.0 | 69.0 | 91.0 | 33.0 |
| per cent | 4.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 4.9 | |
| 2003 | level | 1,180.0 | 57.0 | 153.0 | 91.0 | 99.0 | 160.0 | 114.0 | 48.0 | 172.0 | 108.0 | 1,002.0 | 67.0 | 80.0 | 30.0 |
| per cent | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | |
| 2004 | level | 1,132.0 | 54.0 | 148.0 | 86.0 | 93.0 | 148.0 | 108.0 | 48.0 | 163.0 | 107.0 | 954.0 | 69.0 | 79.0 | 29.0 |
| per cent | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | |
| 2005 | level | 1,086.0 | 55.0 | 136.0 | 82.0 | 97.0 | 139.0 | 107.0 | 42.0 | 154.0 | 101.0 | 914.0 | 66.0 | 76.0 | 29.0 |
| per cent | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 | |
| 1 Great Britain components of estimates are for December each year and are not seasonally adjusted. | |||||||||||||||
| 2 Northern Ireland estimates refer to September of each year and are calculated using a combination of Census of Employment and Quarterly Employment Survey data. | |||||||||||||||
| Source: Annual Business Inquiry, Office for National Statistics; Northern Ireland Census of Employment and Quarterly Employment Survey, DETINI | |||||||||||||||