Prolonging Belfast’s tech boom
Dubbed the ‘industrial reinvention’, Belfast’s technology sector is soaring, with 160,000 jobs predicted by 2030, writes Graham Clifford
Northern Ireland's knowledge economy is growing nearly three times faster than the rest of Britain, with Belfast driving much of that rapid growth.
Including indirect jobs, the total contribution from the knowledge economy to the region will be 160,000 jobs by 2030.
Of these, it is predicted that 80,000 will be high-earning jobs in the tech sector. The Huffington Post has called it ...