Wales
As with the UK as a whole, the Interactive Media sector in Wales is very much in an embryonic stage of development. As this sector is so young there are difficulties in defining its reach/remit. It is, though, a rapidly growing sector: at present there are approximately 124 interactive media companies in Wales. 29% of such companies are reported to have increased their workforce and the level of vacancies implies growth.
According to the 2004 Skillset Employment Census, 6% of the Interactive Media workforce in Wales works on a freelance basis - very much lower than in other audio visual sectors. The majority of the sector works in offline multimedia, followed by the web and internet sub-sector. At present, the computer games sector in Wales remains small.
The census identifies a total of 2441 people working in the sector, the largest group in offline multimedia, followed by web and internet. The sector is male dominated (women account for less than 30% of the workforce), but has a relatively high proportion of ethnic minority staff - 5% overall and 8% in web and internet.
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