The statistic illustrates the current IT spending and a forecast for the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017. In 2017, the IT spending is forecasted to amount to ***** billion US dollars in the United Kingdom (UK). That would an increase of approximately *** billion U.S. dollars over an ** year period. Information Technology (IT) examples include personal computers and their accessories, laptops, notebooks, computer networks, mobile phones, USB sticks, landlines and different types of software. Basically, IT is any type of technology or software that is able to store, deliver, or send information. Most commonly this occurs through text, images, audio, or video.
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R&D Scoreboard. (March 27, 2013). IT spending in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/272661/it-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-since-2008/
R&D Scoreboard. "IT spending in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 27, 2013. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272661/it-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-since-2008/
R&D Scoreboard. (2013). IT spending in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272661/it-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-since-2008/
R&D Scoreboard. "It Spending in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2008 to 2017 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/272661/it-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-since-2008/
R&D Scoreboard, IT spending in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/272661/it-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-since-2008/ (last visited May 07, 2026)
IT spending in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], R&D Scoreboard, March 27, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272661/it-spending-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-since-2008/