The Knowledge Economy - Kent · 62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 631 Data processing 262 Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment Telecommunications

[ Research & Evaluation statistical bulletin November 2019

Strategic Commissioning, Kent County Council www.kent.gov.uk/research

The Knowledge Economy Related documents

The Knowledge Economy comprises those industries whose main purpose centres on knowledge or information, from highly technical industries and knowledge intensive services to creative industries. This includes such industries as Publishing, Scientific Research and Development and Higher Education. This bulletin estimates the number of employee jobs and the number of enterprises which are engaged in activities related to the Knowledge Economy.

• As at 2018, there were 95,000 Knowledge Economy employee jobs in Kent (15.6% of all employees), compared to 20.1% in Great Britain and 21.6% in the South East

• The number in Kent has increased over the last year (+3.8%). This also reflects what is seen in the South East as a whole (+5.4%). Nationally there has been a slight fall of 0.6%

• Canterbury has the highest number of Knowledge Economy employees in Kent (16,500)

• As at 2019 there are 20,180 Knowledge Economy enterprises in Kent accounting for 32.1% of all enterprises. This has increased by 3.1% since 2018

• Tunbridge Wells has the highest proportion of Knowledge Economy enterprises in Kent (42.1%)

• Knowledge Economy enterprises tend to be smaller enterprises, employing fewer than 10 people

2015-2018 BRES bulletin - Counts of total employees and employees by industrial sector are published annually by the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES). Employment and workforce – provide information on the Kent workforce and employment patterns of Kent residents NOTE: within this bulletin ’Kent’ refers to the Kent County Council (KCC) area which excludes Medway.

Further information

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Introduction

The knowledge economy is of particular interest as it is seen as a key driver

for economic growth in the UK. The industries that fall within this sub-set of

the economy are the ones that deal extensively with the processing,

exchange and communication of information and knowledge. They are likely

to have a high dependency on technology and provide highly skilled and

technical jobs. They are also likely to contribute a higher level of “value

added” to the economy (a higher level of output per head).

Defining the knowledge economy

There is no single official definition of the Knowledge Economy therefore

many different definitions are in use. The definition used in this bulletin is:

a group of specific sectors within the economy that are knowledge

intensive in their activity. They deal extensively with

information/information technology and their business is all about the

distribution or exchange of the information that they hold.

Table 1 shows the industries that have been included in the Knowledge

Economy in this bulletin. It shows the detailed industry headings that have

been included using the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification (2007SIC).

Further information about the 2007 Standard Industrial Classification can be

found on the Office for National Statistics Standard Classifications webpages.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/classifications/current-standard-classifications/standard-industrial-classification/index.html


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Table 1: Knowledge Economy - 2007 SIC definition

This report uses two datasets looking at the number of employee jobs and the

number of businesses within the Knowledge Economy.

Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) is the official source

of employee and employment estimates by detailed geography and industry.

2007 SIC

group Description

Computing

62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities

631 Data processing

262 Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment

Telecommunications

61 Telecommunications

Media

18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media

58 Publishing activities

263 Manufacture of communication equipment

591 Motion picture, video and television programme activities

60 Programming and broadcasting activities

639 Other information service activities

Research & Development

72 Scientific research and development

Business Services

64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding

65 Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security

66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities

69 Legal and accounting activities

70 Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities

732 Market research and public opinion polling

711 Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy

712 Technical testing and analysis

731 Advertising

74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities

82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities

Higher Education

854 Higher education

Public Services

91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities

2007 SIC definition


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Data is available from 2015 to 2018. Data for 2019 is due to be released in

the Autumn of 2020.

Produced by The Office for National Statistics the BRES is a sample survey

which collects employment information from businesses across the whole of

the Great Britain economy for each site that they operate. The survey covers

all businesses in Great Britain registered for VAT and/or PAYE. The BRES

does not cover the very small businesses neither registered for VAT nor

PAYE, neither does it include self employed workers unless they are

registered for VAT or PAYE.

The BRES is a sample survey of approximately 80,000 businesses. As such it

may be subject to sampling errors. The estimates are of a good quality at

higher levels of geography (for example region), however the quality of the

estimates deteriorates as the geographies get smaller. This should be taken

into account when considering the quality of county and district estimates

Using data from the BRES those industries whose main purpose centres on

knowledge or information have been grouped to present a picture of the

number of employee jobs within the Knowledge Economy in Kent.

UK Business Counts The UK Business Counts dataset records the number of enterprises that were

live at a reference date in March each year, giving a snap shot of businesses

that were live at this point in time. Produced by the Office for National

Statistics, The UK Business Counts dataset is an extract compiled from the

Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) which contains information on

VAT traders and PAYE employers. Enterprise statistics presented in this

bulletin are broken down by industry and employee sizeband of business.

Data are available for the years 2010 to 2019. Data for 2020 is due to be

released in Autumn 2020.

This bulletin looks at the number of Knowledge Economy employees and

enterprises in Kent and Kent local authorities. Regional and national figures

are included for comparison.


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Analysis

The following map shows the proportion of employee jobs which are defined

as within the knowledge economy as at 2018.

Map 1

The top 20% of authorities with the highest proportion of knowledge economy

employee jobs are shown in red.

The map shows a concentration of areas within and to the west of London

with some of the highest proportions of knowledge economy jobs with further

concentrations around the major cities in the country.

Those authorities where knowledge economy jobs make up more than a third

of the employee jobs in the area are presented in table 2.


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Table 2: Authorities with the highest proportion of knowledge economy employee jobs, 2018

Chart 1 shows the percentage of Knowledge Economy employees in Kent

local authorities compared to all other local authorities in Great Britain.

Canterbury (25.0%), Sevenoaks (24.0%) and Tunbridge Wells (23.5%) are all

within the top 20% of local authorities in the country with the highest density of

Knowledge Economy employees.

Swale (9.9%), Thanet (9.6%) and Gravesham (8.5%) are within the 20% of

local authorities with the lowest density of Knowledge Economy employees.

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City of London 71.9%

Tower Hamlets 52.8%

Islington 45.7%

Camden 43.9%

Cambridge 41.8%

Southwark 41.0%

Oxford 38.2%

Westminster 38.1%

Wokingham 37.4%

South Cambridgeshire 36.1%

Rushmoor 34.3%

Runnymede 33.6%

Hackney 33.3%

City of Edinburgh 33.3%

Source: BRES

Presented by: Strategic Commissioning - Analytics

Kent County Council


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Chart 1: Percentage of Knowledge Economy employee jobs in GB local authorities

Table 3 shows the number of Knowledge Economy jobs in Kent and its local

authorities from 2015 to 2018 with regional and national comparisons.

Table 3: Employee jobs in the Knowledge Economy in Kent districts,

2015-2018

Overall the number of employee jobs in Kent in the Knowledge Economy has

increased by 3.8% since the previous year, a greater increase than was seen

nationally (+0.6%) but below that seen in the South East region (+5.4%).

Despite recent growth, the number of Knowledge Economy jobs in Kent is

lower than it was in 2015. Overall Kent has 5,500 fewer Knowledge Economy

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Source: BRESPresented by: Strategic Commissioning - Analytics, Kent County Council

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Ashford 7,000 7,000 6,000 6,000 12.8% 12.5% 10.6% 10.8% 0 0.0% -1,000 -14.3%

Canterbury 13,500 17,000 15,500 16,500 21.4% 26.2% 23.0% 25.0% 1,000 6.5% 3,000 22.2%

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Folkestone & Hythe 4,500 5,000 4,300 5,000 12.2% 13.7% 12.0% 13.9% 800 17.6% 500 11.1%

Gravesham 2,400 2,800 2,300 2,800 8.2% 9.0% 7.0% 8.5% 500 22.2% 400 15.8%

Maidstone 10,500 10,000 9,000 10,000 13.9% 13.2% 12.0% 13.3% 1,000 11.1% -500 -4.8%

Sevenoaks 9,500 11,500 14,000 12,000 18.8% 22.8% 25.9% 24.0% -2,000 -14.3% 2,500 26.3%

Swale 5,500 6,000 5,000 5,000 11.1% 11.9% 9.9% 9.9% 0 0.0% -500 -9.1%

Thanet 4,300 4,300 3,800 4,000 10.2% 10.4% 8.9% 9.6% 300 6.7% -300 -5.9%

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Tunbridge Wells 22,000 13,500 11,500 12,000 35.5% 25.2% 22.3% 23.5% 500 4.3% -10,000 -45.5%

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Medway 12,500 14,000 12,500 13,500 14.2% 15.2% 13.7% 14.4% 1,000 8.0% 1,000 8.0%

Kent + Medway 113,500 114,500 104,500 109,000 16.1% 16.2% 14.8% 15.5% 4,500 4.3% -4,500 -4.0%

South East LEP 247,500 255,000 250,500 251,500 15.8% 16.1% 15.6% 15.7% 1,000 0.4% 4,000 1.6%

South East 897,500 932,500 850,000 896,000 22.0% 22.5% 20.7% 21.6% 46,000 5.4% -1,500 -0.2%

Great Britain 5,700,500 5,927,500 5,956,000 5,993,000 19.8% 20.3% 20.2% 20.1% 37,000 0.6% 292,500 5.1%

Source: BRES

Presented by: Strategic Commissioning - Analytics, Kent County Council

Change 2017-2018Number Percentage Change 2015-2018


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jobs than in 2015 (a reduction of 5.4%). The South East region has also seen

a small decline (-0.2%) while nationally there was an increase of 5.1%.

Canterbury district has the highest number of Knowledge Economy jobs in

Kent (16,500) accounting for almost a quarter of all jobs in the district.

Sevenoaks, Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells all have a higher proportion of

Knowledge Economy jobs than seen both regionally and nationally.

Chart 2: Percentage of Knowledge Economy jobs

Chart 3 shows the change in Knowledge Economy jobs since 2015. The data

indicates that Tunbridge Wells has seen a significant reduction in Knowledge

Economy jobs, however it would appear that the estimate for 2015 is very

high compared to later years. This may be as a result of sampling errors

within the estimates themselves. The BRES is a sample survey and produces

estimated employment figures. These estimates are of a good quality at

higher levels of geography (for example region), however the quality of the

estimates deteriorates as the geographies get smaller. This should be taken

into account when considering the quality of county and district estimates.

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Chart 3: Percentage change in Knowledge Economy jobs since 2015

The Knowledge Economy is made up of seven sub-sectors. In descending

order of employee size these are Business Services, Computing, Higher

Education, Media, Public Services, Research & Development and

Telecommunications. Chart 4 shows the proportion of Knowledge Economy

jobs in Kent in each of the subsectors.

Chart 4: Knowledge Economy subsectors in Kent

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Table 3 shows the number of Knowledge Economy jobs in each of the

subsectors in Kent local authorities in 2018.

Table 3: Number of Knowledge Economy jobs by subsector

Knowledge Economy Enterprises

The following map shows the proportion of enterprises which are defined as

within the Knowledge Economy as at 2019.

The top 20% of local authorities in Great Britain (those where 38% or more

enterprises are Knowledge Economy enterprises) are coloured red.

The majority of authorities with the highest proportion of Knowledge Economy

enterprises can be found in London and surrounding areas in the South.

Three Kent authorities (Sevenoaks, Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge

Wells) are all within the top 20% of authorities in Great Britain with the highest

proportion of Knowledge Economy enterprises.

No Kent authority is within the 20% of authorities in Great Britain with the

lowest proportion of Knowledge Economy enterprises.

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Dartford 7,000 4,000 1,000 0 900 30 125 500

Dover 4,000 2,000 350 0 300 350 1,000 30

Folkestone & Hythe 5,000 4,000 600 150 200 350 20 40

Gravesham 2,500 2,000 350 10 175 30 75 25

Maidstone 10,000 7,000 1,500 300 800 500 15 250

Sevenoaks 12,000 8,000 1,000 0 900 400 700 900

Swale 5,000 3,500 500 75 300 100 400 40

Thanet 4,000 3,000 450 175 300 100 50 50

Tonbridge and Malling 12,000 8,000 1,250 400 900 100 225 225

Tunbridge Wells 12,000 9,000 1,250 75 1,000 100 100 250

Kent 95,000 61,000 10,000 9,000 7,000 2,500 2,500 2,500

Medway 13,000 8,000 1,250 1,750 1,500 350 25 350

Kent + Medway 109,000 69,000 11,000 11,000 8,000 3,000 3,000 3,000

South East LEP 251,000 168,000 28,000 18,000 18,000 6,000 7,000 5,000

South East 896,000 507,000 165,000 86,000 53,000 13,000 36,000 35,000

Great Britain 5,993,000 3,885,000 782,000 497,000 394,000 101,000 139,000 195,000

Source: BRES

Prepared by: Research & Evaluation, Kent County Council


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Map 2: % Knowledge Economy enterprises

Table 4 shows those authorities in the country where at least half of the

enterprises were Knowledge Economy based.

Table 4: Local authorities with the highest proportion of Knowledge Economy enterprises

Authority

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the Knowledge

Economy 2019

City of London 61.5%

Islington 55.2%

Wokingham 54.8%

Richmond upon Thames 54.4%

Camden 54.3%

Tower Hamlets 53.6%

Wandsworth 53.3%

Hackney 53.3%

Southwark 51.9%

Elmbridge 51.6%

Milton Keynes 50.8%

Aberdeen City 50.5%

Woking 50.0%

Source: ONS UK Business Counts

Presented by: Strategic Commissioning - Analytics

Kent County Council


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The proportion of Knowledge Economy enterprises in Kent local authorities

compared to other authorities in Great Britain is shown in chart 5. The chart

shows that four Kent authorities (Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & Malling,

Sevenoaks and Dartford) all have a higher proportion of Knowledge Economy

enterprises than the national average of 33.2%.

Chart 5: Percentage of Knowledge Economy enterprises in GB local authorities

Tunbridge Wells has the highest number of Knowledge Economy enterprises

in Kent (2,700) accounting for 42.1% of all enterprises in the area.

Dover district has the lowest number of Knowledge Economy enterprises (895

enterprises accounting for 25.7% of all enterprises), and Swale has the lowest

proportion of Knowledge Economy enterprises (23.8%).

Dartford district has seen the largest growth in Knowledge Economy

enterprises, more than doubling in the years since 2010.

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Table 5: Enterprises in the Knowledge Economy in Kent local authority districts

Chart 6: Knowledge Economy enterprises in Kent local authority districts

Map 3 clearly shows the areas in Kent with the highest concentration of

Knowledge Economy enterprises.

Area Area code Number Percentage

Ashford E07000105 2,095 32.5% 110 5.5% 695 49.6%

Canterbury E07000106 1,595 29.8% 25 1.6% 435 37.5%

Dartford E07000107 1,545 34.7% 110 7.7% 790 104.6%

Dover E07000108 895 25.7% 55 6.5% 375 72.1%

Folkestone & Hythe E07000112 1,015 27.1% 10 1.0% 310 44.0%

Gravesham E07000109 1,035 26.5% 15 1.5% 400 63.0%

Maidstone E07000110 2,220 29.6% 30 1.4% 460 26.1%

Sevenoaks E07000111 2,610 38.6% 85 3.4% 735 39.2%

Swale E07000113 1,180 23.8% 25 2.2% 345 41.3%

Thanet E07000114 980 24.8% 35 3.7% 300 44.1%

Tonbridge and Malling E07000115 2,310 38.9% 120 5.5% 790 52.0%

Tunbridge Wells E07000116 2,700 42.1% -5 -0.2% 710 35.7%

Kent E10000016 20,180 32.1% 610 3.1% 6,350 45.9%

Medway E06000035 2,205 25.9% -90 -3.9% 720 48.5%

Kent + Medway 22,385 31.3% 520 2.4% 7,070 46.2%

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South East E12000008 157,120 37.9% 4,060 2.7% 44,185 39.1%

Great Britain K03000001 876,450 33.2% 14,875 1.7% 290,225 49.5%

England E92000001 800,900 33.9% 13,430 1.7% 264,760 49.4%


Prepared by: Strategic Commissioning - Analytics, Kent County Council

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Map 3: Percentage of Knowledge Economy enterprises in Kent & Medway

While growth in Knowledge Economy enterprises in Kent has not been as

strong as seen nationally, it has still grown at a faster rate than the average

for the South East as a whole.

Chart 7: Growth in Knowledge Economy enterprises (Index 2010=100)

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The majority of Knowledge Economy enterprises are business services

industries and account for almost three quarters of all Knowledge Economy

enterprises in Kent.

Chart 8: Kent Knowledge Economy enterprises by sector

Overall Business Services make up the biggest proportion of Knowledge

Economy enterprises in all areas.

Media based enterprises make up a higher proportion of enterprises in Thanet

than any other Kent district (9.2%).

Dover district has a significantly higher proportion of R&D related enterprises

(3.9%) than the national average (0.6%) largely due to the legacy of the

former Pfizer site, now named Discovery Park, which provides a multi-

business science park.

Dartford has a higher than average proportion of enterprises in computer

industries accounting for 29.1% of Knowledge Economy enterprises in the

area (the Kent average is 18%).

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Telecommunications0.9%

Enterprises in Knowledge Economy sectors in Kent, 2019



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Table 6: Knowledge Economy enterprises by sector

Knowledge Economy enterprises tend to be smaller in size, employing fewer

workers than the average for total industries. In Kent 90% of all enterprises

employ less than ten employees compared to 95% of Knowledge Economy

enterprises.

Table 7: Kent Knowledge Economy enterprise - sizeband

2019

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Ashford 2,095 1,640 330 0 95 0 10 15

Canterbury 1,595 1,175 270 5 105 5 15 15

Dartford 1,545 985 450 0 85 0 5 15

Dover 895 650 130 0 65 0 35 10

Folkestone & Hythe 1,015 785 155 0 55 5 5 10

Gravesham 1,035 760 210 0 50 0 5 5

Maidstone 2,220 1,665 365 5 150 5 5 25

Sevenoaks 2,610 1,900 490 0 175 10 15 15

Swale 1,180 875 210 0 65 0 10 15

Thanet 980 735 130 5 90 5 10 5

Tonbridge and Malling 2,310 1,725 415 5 135 5 5 20

Tunbridge Wells 2,700 1,975 475 5 220 5 10 20

Kent 20,180 14,870 3,640 30 1,300 45 120 175

Medway 2,205 1,615 430 5 110 5 10 30

Kent + Medway 22,385 16,485 4,070 35 1,410 50 130 205

South East LEP 53,095 38,640 10,195 75 3,300 105 270 510

South East 157,120 107,750 36,730 250 9,345 270 1,155 1,620

Great Britain 876,450 633,795 171,560 1,505 54,010 1,780 5,490 8,310




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Chart 9: Kent Knowledge Economy enterprises by employee sizeband

Table 7 shows the number of Knowledge Economy enterprises in each

employee sizeband.

Table 7: Knowledge Economy enterprises by employee sizeband

Micro (0 to 9)95.0%

Small (10 to 49)4.2%

Medium-sized (50 to 249)0.6%

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Kent Knowledge Economy enterprises by employment sizeband, 2019


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Dartford E07000107 1,545 1,485 45 10 5

Dover E07000108 895 860 25 5 0

Folkestone & Hythe E07000112 1,015 980 35 0 0

Gravesham E07000109 1,035 1,010 25 5 0

Maidstone E07000110 2,220 2,075 125 15 5

Sevenoaks E07000111 2,610 2,490 100 15 5

Swale E07000113 1,180 1,120 50 10 0

Thanet E07000114 980 920 55 5 0

Tonbridge and Malling E07000115 2,310 2,175 115 15 5

Tunbridge Wells E07000116 2,700 2,550 135 15 0

Kent E10000016 20,180 19,180 855 120 25

Medway E06000035 2,205 2,105 80 15 5

Kent + Medway 22,385 21,285 935 135 30

South East LEP E37000030 53,095 50,630 2,075 330 60

South East E12000008 157,120 148,940 6,630 1,205 345

Great Britain K03000001 876,450 824,080 42,475 7,875 2,025

England E92000001 800,900 753,000 38,755 7,280 1,865




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The proportion of Knowledge Economy enterprises which could be described

as micro (employing fewer than ten employees) has increased from 93.7% in

2010 to 95% in 2019, while the proportion of small and medium sized

Knowledge Economy enterprises has fallen.

Table 8: Change in Kent Knowledge Economy enterprises by size since 2010

Chart 10: Change in Kent Knowledge Economy enterprise size since 2010

Kent

2010 2019 2010 2019

Total 13,830 20,180

Micro (0 to 9) 12,965 19,180 93.7% 95.0%

Small (10 to 49) 725 855 5.2% 4.2%

Medium-sized (50 to 249) 125 120 0.9% 0.6%

Large (250+) 15 25 0.1% 0.1%



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