Creative & Digital

Creative & digital sector

Facts & figures

The creative & digital sector includes performing arts, visual arts, software creation and development and advertising. The creative industries sector contributed £109bn to the UK economy in 2021. The UK was the fifth largest exporter of creative services in 2020.

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Careers in creative & digital sector

Career progression

There are a wide range of entry level jobs across the creative & digital sector these include:

Leisure and Theme Park Attendants - £8.91 – Level 1
Cleaners and Domestics - £9.30 – Level 1
Administration Occupations - £8.94 – Level 1

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With experience you can progress within creative & digital taking on more responsibility with higher earning potential:

Sports and Leisure Assistants - £9.00- Level 2
IT User Support Technicians - £13.15 – Level 3
Sports Coaches & Instructors - £9.99- Level 3

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More advanced careers in creative & digital relate to management or more specific roles related to the running of a business such as marketing, finance, and Human Resources.

Programmers and Software Development Professionals - £21.16 – Level 6
IT Specialist Managers - £22.34 – Level 6
Arts Officers, Producers and Directors - £14.63 – Level 6

Learn more about career 'levels' in our FAQs.

Top skills requested by employers

Skills for creative & digital jobs can be split between ‘general’ skills and ‘specialist’ skill. General are transferrable between sectors and sought by most employers, whilst specialist skills are more focused on the sector.

General skills

Communications
Management
Sales
Customer service
Planning

Specialist skills

Agile Methodology
Marketing
Software Engineering
Programming Languages: including JavaScript, SQL, Python, C#

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