UK innovation survey 2023 – results for Scotland
Scotland's results from the UK Innovation Survey 2023, covering the three-year period from 2020 to 2022
Use of Technology
UKIS 2023 asked new questions on business use of technologies. All businesses, whether they had any innovation activity or not, were asked about their use of management technologies and production enhancing technologies in 2022.
Figure 15: Accountancy software was the most commonly used management technology for both broader innovators and non-broader innovators. For all management technologies, the share of businesses that used them was higher for broader innovators than non-broader innovators.
Percentage of businesses (with 10+ employees) that used listed management technology by innovator category, Scotland, 2022.
Source: UK innovation survey 2023 – results for Scotland - tables from the Scottish Government. For Figure 15 data see Table 24.
Figure 16: Cloud based computing was the most commonly used production enhancing technology for both broader innovators and non-broader innovators. For all production enhancing technologies, the share of businesses that used them was higher for broader innovators than non-broader innovators.
Percentage of businesses (with 10+ employees) that used listed production enhancing technology by innovator category, Scotland, 2022.
Source: UK innovation survey 2023 – results for Scotland - tables from the Scottish Government. For Figure 16 data see Table 25.
Contact
Marina Curran
Business & Innovation Statistics
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
e-mail: industrystatistics@gov.scot
For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:
Office of the Chief Statistician
e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
There is a problem
Thanks for your feedback