A major new report by
CBRE asserts Glasgow's strengths as a leading technology sector
destination, with the city ranked second in the UK outside
London.
CBRE'S 'Tech Cities' report ranks the top 25 UK locations for
tech businesses, all scored according to a range of locational pull
factors, including level of education, concentration of tech
businesses and employment, cost of living, cost of office space and
wage levels.
Over the last two years, Glasgow climbed three places to become
the UK's second top tech destination outside London, closely behind
Manchester with Edinburgh third.
Factors contributing to Glasgow's strong rankings include high
concentrations of tech businesses and tech professionals,
generational diversity and a strong creative arts legacy.
The city is also advantaged by high levels of educational
attainment and access to a number of world-class universities, with
strong research and computer science degree rankings.
For computer science degrees, Glasgow ranks joint first with
Manchester, has high numbers of Information & Communications
SMEs and high numbers of people employed in the sector. Glasgow
also has a large ratio of millennials (24.2% of the population) and
a high proportion of the population qualified to NVQ 4 or
above.