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September 2022 Sheila Flavell, CBEtechUK President,Chief Operating Officer, FDM Group “Despite a difficult economic backdrop, the UK tech sectorcontinues to show a strong desire to create jobs and expandits workforce. Leveraging the strength of UK tech will becritical in responding to some of the biggest challenges facingthe country today, but we need to act now to address thedigital skills shortage and prepare the UK for the futureof work. These recommendations set out how we can position theUK for success in the digital economy of the future, bysupporting more people from all backgrounds into well-paiddigital careers, ensuring access to international tech talent,embracing flexible work and driving standards for high qualityflexible jobs.” Preparing the UK forthe future of work The tech sector is the UK’s modern economic success story, with the sector’scontribution to the UK economy growing by 26.5% between 2010 and 2019.The most recent estimates show that UK tech now employs 1.7 million people,adding over £150bn to the economyevery year. Further government’s estimatesshow that, if our sector is well supported, we couldadd another £41.5bn by2025, creating 678,000 more jobs. As the UK economy seeks to recover fromthe impact of the pandemic, and grapples with additional challenges aroundrising energy prices and spiralling inflation, leveraging this strong digital andtech sector will be key to driving growth across the wider economy. The pandemic accelerated digital adoption in businesses across all sectors, with a huge increasein demand for tech products and servicesdriving tech sector vacancies to approximately 870,000between January 2022 and May 2022, around 14% of all job opportunities in the UK. The findings oftechUK’s recentDigital Economy Monitor surveyishow that this desire for digital transformation hasbecome embedded, underscoring the importance of digital skills and technology to the future of theUK economy. However, UK businesses are not able to recruit the digital skills they need, with 30%of techUK members highlighting better training and skills support and 21% raising better access tooverseas talent as key to ensuring the sector can grow and prosper. The role of diversity initiativeshave also been widely recognised in building high-performing and productive teams and38% ofIT decision-makersreport that this will be a focus over the next 12 months. techUK is keen to seegovernment take tangible steps to support people from all backgrounds into digital careers, enablingbusinesses to invest and access the talent they need. At the same time an increased desire for flexibility amongst workers has been reflected in the rise ofhybrid working models and the sustained growth of the gig economy.Over 75% of UK bossesintendto adopt remote or hybrid working in the long-term andflexible working options are now just asimportant as traditional benefits for UK workers, whilst thegig economy workforce has trebledoverthe last 5 years with 15% of adults finding work through online platforms at least once a week. techUKbelieves that taking advantage of this flexible working revolution and driving industry standardsaround such work will have benefits for all but require concerted action from government. techUK has set out five key recommendations for government to prepare the UK for the future ofwork and provide businesses and individuals with the skills and conditions they need to thrive inthe digital economy. techUK has set out five key recommendations for governmentto prepare the UK for the future of work and providebusinesses and individuals with the skills and conditions theyneed to thrive in the digital economy. 1.Review and reform Apprenticeship Levy to broaden routesand provide guidance on pathways into digital jobs 2.Embrace flexible work by providing guidance for the publicand private sector and establishing the right to requestflexible work on day one 3.Take action to drive standards across the gig economyand create a Single Enforcement Body to provide clarityon gig work 4.Introduce a Digital Skills & Productivity Tax Credit tosupport businesses to invest in training and adoptproductivity-enhancing technology 5.Enable businesses to access and attract high qualityinternational talent by reducing costs of the immigrationsystem and streamline the Shortage Occupation List. 1.Review and reform Apprenticeship Levy to broaden routes and provideguidance on pathways into digital jobs Tech businesses across the UK are unable to find the digital skills they need to grow their businessand create new innovative products and services. Ensuring that people of all backgrounds have theopportunity to find their career in technology can help fill these vacancies and get more people intodigitally skilled roles thatpay on average £62,500a year. Despite Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies and ICT apprenticeships remaining in the topsix sector areas of apprenticeship starts in England,the rate of apprentic