In the United Kingdom in 2021, most full-time employees in the cyber security sector worked for large companies - an estimated 33,630 out of a total of 52,727 people working in the sector nationwide. Micro-sized firms hired the fewest workers, amounting to slightly above three thousand employees. However, there are more micro-sized cyber security companies in the UK than any other size.
Estimated employment in the cyber security sector in the United Kingdom in 2021 by size of firm
Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) working in a cyber security related role
Supplementary notes
* The source provides the following information on company size definitions: Large: Employees >=250 and Turnover > €50m or Balance sheet total > €43m Medium: Employees >50 and < 250 And Turnover <= €50m or Balance sheet total <= €43m Small: Employees >10 and < 50 And Turnover <= €10m or Balance sheet total <= €43m Micro: Employees < 10 And Turnover <= €2m or Balance sheet total <= €2m
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (February 18, 2022). Estimated employment in the cyber security sector in the United Kingdom in 2021 by size of firm [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227893/cyber-security-employment-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Estimated employment in the cyber security sector in the United Kingdom in 2021 by size of firm." Chart. February 18, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227893/cyber-security-employment-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2022). Estimated employment in the cyber security sector in the United Kingdom in 2021 by size of firm. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 02, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227893/cyber-security-employment-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Estimated Employment in The Cyber Security Sector in The United Kingdom in 2021 by Size of Firm." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1227893/cyber-security-employment-uk/
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