Warwickshire Investment Partnership - Business Sectors
Click on the sectors below for further information about each one:
- ICT (information and communications technologies)
ICT (information and communications technologies)
Key Reasons:
The county is home to a wide range of companies in the ICT sector including IBM, McKesson, Ericsson and telent, who cover a variety of business services; IT solutions, consultancy, outsourcing, system integration, technology services and datacom solutions.
In addition, Warwickshire is also the epicentre of gaming and digital media. Home to national and international names like Codemasters, Freestyle Games, Ragdoll and Blitz Games Studios.
Rates of pay in the West Midlands across a range of ICT job categories are below the national average. The West Midlands is also cheaper than London in terms of salaries.
Warwickshire has access to an unrivalled network of ICT support services including the Centre of Excellence for Research In Computational Intelligence (CERCIA) and the West Midlands ICT Cluster.
Sub-Sectors:
Gaming, Digital Media, Software Product Design & Development, CommunicationsSkills:
Skill Area: Software developerSkill Salary: Up to £30,000
Skill Area: Database manager
Skill Salary: Up to £30,000
Skill Area: Systems analyst
Skill Salary: Up to £30,000
Sector Companies:
IBM, Codemasters, Rare, Blitz Games Studios, Freestyle Games, Ragdoll, telent, Ericsson, McKessonMain Business Functions
- Headquarters/ regional offices
- Distribution/ logistics/ warehousing
- Advanced manufacturing
- Business services/ offices
- Research & development
