Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Sector Indicators 
Serie 2008 - 2021 con CNAE-2009
Number of employed persons in the ICT sector by ICT sector activity branch. Results by Legal Units
Units: Number of persons

	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013 (extended scope)	2013 (scope 2012)	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	
1. ICT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: CNAE 2611, 2612, 2620, 2630, 2640, 2680	19,514	18,197	18,533	16,362	15,806	15,309	14,887	14,184	14,603	13,970	14,648	16,652	19,773	19,830	23,710	
2. SERVICES	550,438	529,607	509,198	482,843	454,029	433,189	408,504	382,522	376,035	376,035	388,774	383,131	376,770	376,565	391,895	
2.A ICT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIES: CNAE 4651, 4652	64,450	64,451	63,087	58,567	59,519	56,962	56,124	54,664	56,550	56,550	59,272	61,652	60,307	62,568	70,123	
2.B.1 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: SOFTWARE EDITING: CNAE 5821, 5829	15,470	12,795	10,935	11,368	10,049	8,975	7,971	5,591	5,584	5,584	6,847	6,882	7,446	8,162	7,870	
2.B.2 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: CNAE 6110, 6120, 6130, 6190	73,267	70,751	69,710	69,960	67,021	67,012	65,319	62,720	61,908	61,908	65,421	69,122	67,923	67,627	68,034	
2.B.3 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING AND OTHER COMPUTER-RELATED ACTIVITIES: CNAE 6201, 6202, 6203, 6209	350,439	334,797	319,023	300,119	274,274	257,309	237,526	221,677	213,702	213,702	218,914	210,502	205,872	203,039	206,448	
2.B.4 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: WEB PORTALS, DATA PROCESSING, HOSTING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES: CNAE 6311, 6312	28,807	26,805	25,971	23,867	23,140	20,885	20,998	17,963	17,530	17,530	18,535	18,323	18,562	18,647	19,727	
2.B.5 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT REPAIR: CNAE 9511, 9512	18,005	20,009	20,473	18,962	20,025	22,046	20,565	19,907	20,761	20,761	19,785	16,650	16,660	16,522	19,693	
TOTAL ICT SECTOR	569,952	547,805	527,731	499,205	469,835	448,498	423,391	396,706	390,638	390,005	403,422	399,783	396,543	396,395	415,605	
Notes:
1) Source: Structural Business Statistics: Industrial Sector and Structural Business Statistics: Services Sector (new names from the former Industrial Companies Survey and Annual Services Survey)
 2) ICT sector according to CNAE 2009: 2611, 2612, 2620, 2630, 2640, 2680, 4651, 4652, 5821, 5829, 6110, 6120, 6130, 6190, 6201, 6202, 6203, 6209, 6311, 6312, 9511, 9512.
 3) Until the 2012 reference year, the Industrial Companies Survey focused its scope of study on industrial companies, with at least one employed wage-earning person, in the whole of Spain, with the exception of Ceuta and Melilla. As of reference year 2013, the survey extends its population and territorial scope, covering industrial companies without employees and incorporating the companies of both autonomous cities.
 4) For the reference year 2016, several methodological improvements were implemented on the Structural Business Statistics, framed within the 'Structural Economic Surveys Integration Project'. Due to these changes, the results from this year are not strictly comparable to those of other years since the evolution of variables is due not only to possible real changes produced in this period, but also for the purposes of the methodological improvements on the estimation of said variables. This impact is most pronounced for the variable number of enterprises in the Trade and Services Sectors, and relatively small for the rest of the information.
 5) For more details, please refer to the specific document 'Measuring the effect of methodological changes in Structural Business Statistics 2016': https://www.ine.es/metodologia/t37/metodologia_eee_cambios2016.pdf
Source: National Statistics Institute