Digital
About digital
The digital sector can be broken down into 3 sub-sectors:
- digital business services
- digital production, design and development
- digital support services
The sector is expanding and covers a variety of careers, including IT support, programming, cyber security, artificial intelligence (AI), digital communications and accessibility.
Sub-sectors within digital
Choose a sub-sector that interests you to learn more about it.
Digital business services
Discover careers that use digital apps and programs to help businesses run smoothly.
Digital production, design and development
Explore roles creating digital products based on user needs, from app development to software engineering.
Digital support services
Learn more about careers that involve fixing and maintaining IT systems and helping users with issues.
Find out about a related sector
Looking at different sectors can help you discover careers you might not have considered, and one of them could be right for you.
You could explore:
- creative and design, as there are lots of roles that use digital skills like computer games developer, live sound engineer and video editor
- protective services, if you would like to combine digital skills with security in a role like cyber intelligence officer or forensic computer analyst
- education and early years, if you’d like to teach digital skills to others
You can also explore all sectors to discover what each sector has to offer.