National Software Strategy for Scotland : Scotland's Potential In Software : Global Demand
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National Software Strategy for Scotland : Scotland's Potential In Software : Global Demand |
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As we show in the next section, most of Scotland’s independent software production and service provision is for local consumption. Therefore, in the short run, Scottish fortunes in software will be governed by the local market. Detailed data on the Scottish market - disaggregated from the UK case - is not readily available. However, our interview programme showed that most firms regard the UK - rather than Scotland - as their backyard.
The UK markets for both software product and services are likely to grow substantially over the next three years. For services, the UK market will follow overall European trend and grow between 9% and 13% for most sub-sectors. The UK software products market is also expected to grow substantially at about 8 to 10% cagr to the year 20006.
6 Based on IDC data
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