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Economic Contribution of the UK Film Industry most qualified parts of the workforce, with over 70% being graduates (see Chart 5-1). July 2007 • The lowest income group includes some of the most highly qualified people. Around 66% of people who earn less than £20,000 per annum are educated to degree level. Undertaking unpaid work is increasingly seen as the way to enter the film industry from university – around half of people who entered the industry between 2000 and 2006 did unpaid work first before securing paid employment. Costume Prod./script & development Post-production/ editing/ VFX Art / set decorating / props Location Assistant directors Camera Make-up / hair-dressing Sound / electrical Construction Chart 5-1 Highest qualification obtained by the UK film industry workforce Source: Skillset 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10 0 The average age of the workforce in the production sector, at around 40, is slightly above the average for the UK economy, going somewhat against the common perception that the film industry is a young person’s industry. However, the majority of people do not enter the film industry until after they have secured a degree qualification (ie their early to mid-20s), and only 8% of the people working in the film industry are in the 16-24 age group compared to the UK average of 16%. The film industry is overrepresented in the 25-34 and 35-49 age groups (see Chart 5-2). Film industry UK average Chart 5-2 UK film industry workforce by age group 16-24 25-34 35-49 50+ Postgraduate Undergraduate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Source: Skillset % % 27
5.2 Wages and salaries Economic Contribution of the UK Film Industry July 2007 According to the Skillset survey, the average gross income per annum for workers in the UK production sector is £31,700 which is 34% higher than the UK average for full-time employees of £23,600 in 2006 16 . Value added per FTE worker (including self-employment) is estimated to be around £45,000 in 2006, although this figure fluctuates significantly as a result of UK film production spend changing from one year to the next. The occupations which earn the highest wages are in editing/post-production/visual effects, production/script and development, and sound/electrical. 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Postproduction Chart 5-3 Average annual gross income* by occupational group * £'000s average wage Prod/Script & dev. Sound / Electrical All Although the average wage in the industry is above the UK economy-wide average, the film production sector’s workforce typically faces a difficult and uncertain working environment. Levels of unemployment are higher than for many other occupations, with 74% of people in the production sector experiencing a spell of unemployment in the past year (and around 34% being unemployed for more than 10 weeks). Unemployment is most common in areas such as make-up, art / set decorating / props and costume, as well as some more technical areas such as camera operators. 16 2006 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics, October 2006. Art & set Costume Source: Skillset Make-up Camera Location Construction Assist. directors 28
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