Proportion of creative and cultural organisations by size and nation, 2004
Table shows the number of businesses in the creative and cultural sector by size and country compared to all businesses in the UK. Table taken from the SfBn Evaluation Employer Survey 2004: Creative & Cultural Skills SSC Report (2005).

Number of businesses in the creative industries in the UK, 1997-2006
Table taken from the Creative Industries Economic Estimates Statistical Bulletin (October 2007) produced by DCMS using IDBR data.  Table shows the number of businesses in the creative industries (which in this instance includes: advertising; architecture; arts and antiques; designer fashion; video, film and photography; music and the visual and performing arts; publishing; software, computer games and electronic publishing; radio and TV) from 1997 to 20006.

UK balance of trade in goods and services, 2005
Chart taken from The Creative Blueprint: Skills Needs Assessment (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills.  Chart shows the balance of trade in good and services from 1948 to 2005 using data from ONS (2005).

Occupational data:

Total requirement by SOC2000 major occupational group, 2004-2014
Table taken from Working Futures 2004-2014 using CE and IER estimates.  Table shows the expansion demand, replacement demand and total requirement in the creative and cultural sector by SOC2000 major occupational group.

Expansion and replacement demand (core activities), 2004-2014
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Skills Needs Assessment (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from Working Futures 2004-2014.  Table shows the net change, replacement demands and total requirements in the creative and cultural sector by SOC2000 major occupational group.

Roles most affected by recruitment difficulties, 2006
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Skills Needs Assessment (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from the TBR Survey 2006.  Table lists those occupations in the creative and cultural sector with recruitment difficulties.

Occupational pathways of music graduates, 2004/05
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from HESA 2004/2005.  Table shows the top ten occupational destinations of music graduates.

Top ten initial occupations of design graduates, 2004/05
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from HESA 2004/2005.  Table shows the top ten initial occupations of design graduates.

National/regional data:

UK regional employment in the creative and cultural sector, 2006
Chart taken from The Creative Blueprint: Skills Needs Assessment (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills.  Chart shows regional employment numbers across the UK using data from APS (2004) and TBR Survey (2006).

Employment by region and sub-sector, 2006
Table taken from The Footprint 06/07 – Creative and Cultural Skills (2006), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills.  Table shows employment numbers by region and sub-sector across the UK using data from APS (2004) and TBR Economics (2006).

Employment levels and shares by status and gender, 1994-2014
Table taken from Working Futures 2004-2014 using CE and IER estimates.  Table shows employment levels and shares for SOC2000 major occupational group for the creative and culturall sector workforce.

Education and training:

Skills lacking in applicants, 2006
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Skills Needs Assessment (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills.  Table shows the percentage of employers in the creative and cultural sector reporting skills lacking in applicants. Data from TBR Economics (2006).

UK overview of current education and training provision
Table shows the number and proportion of education and training providers and course for the creative and cultural sector and sub-sector.  Data from UFI Learndirect.

Percentage of creative and cultural sector workforce holding particular qualifications, 2005
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills.  Table shows the percentage of the creative and cultural sector workforce (and sub-sector workforce) by highest qualification held.  Data from the 2005 Labour Force Survey.

Training methods employed in the creative industries, 2006
Bar-chart taken from The Creative Blueprint: Skills Needs Assessment (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from the TBR Survey (2006).  Bar-chart shows the percentage of training methods (including: informal training; in-house formal training; and external training) employed by business in the creative industries by nation.

Types of training undertaken by size of business, 2006
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from the TBR Survey 2006.  Table shows the percentage of training methods (including: informal training; in-house formal training; and external training) employed by business in the creative industries by organisational size.

Employer annual training budget, 2006
Chart taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from the TBR Survey 2006.  Chart shows the annual training budget of employers in the creative and cultural sector by region and devolved nation.

How employers fund training, 2006
Chart taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from the TBR Survey 2006.  Chart shows how employers in the creative and cultural sector fund training by region and devolved nation.

Percentage of practitioners accessing funding by region and nation, 2006
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from the TBR Survey 2006.  Table shows the proportion of practitioners working in the creative and cultural sector by region and devolved nation who had accessed funding for training.

Barriers to developing skills, 2004
Chart shows the percentage of businesses in the creative and cultural sector reporting barriers to skill development in their workforce compared to all businesses in the UK. Table taken from the SfBn Evaluation Employer Survey 2004: Creative & Cultural Skills SSC Report (2005).

Top ten subjects studies by graduates entering employment in advertising, 2004/05
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from HESA 2004/2005.  Table shows the top ten higher education subjects studied by graduates entering advertising.

Higher education qualification achieved in England, 2003/04 - 2004/05
Table taken from The Creative Blueprint: Understanding Supply (2007), produced by Creative and Cultural Skills, using data from HESA 2004/2005 and TBR.  Table shows the numbers achieving higher education qualifications achieved by creative and cultural sub-sector.

Participation in creative and cultural courses in the UK
Table shows the number of students in creative and cultural courses in further education and higher education by nation.  Table supplied by Creative and Cultural Skills.