The UK has a thriving oil and gas industry, having extracted close to 44 billion barrels since 1964. Despite (or perhaps because) of the recent downturn, technology companies are becoming incremental in the development of the oil and gas sector. Technology can help to optimise the extraction process as well as increase the overall productivity ... Read more

Our infographic summarises the size, skills, sectors and focal areas for IT companies in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. There are 284 companies in the area, which is very high given the population size. 65% of companies have less than 10 employees, and 20% have more than 20 employees.Once again Software Development comes out as the top skill ... Read more

This infographic takes a look at companies in Scotland that work with Internet of Things, Financial Services and Software Development. You can click on each tab to compare the company areas and get some insights into the makeup of the Scottish Tech market. We will be publishing our innovation index later this year and expect ... Read more

We recently published an article into the nature of recently formed Scottish Tech companies .  Company Connecting researched 5,000 Scottish tech companies registered with Companies House between October 2014 and December 2017. We have used the information to provide more information in the infographic below. The next step in our research is to tag all the ... Read more

Company Connecting continues its infographic series with a look at the tech companies working in the area of IoT (Internet of Things). We have included IoT related skills i.e., Big Data, and Analytics Skills.The infographic provides information on 196 Scottish IT and telecoms companies that provide products and / or services relating to IoT i.e. 7% of the IT and ... Read more

Company Connecting has published a number of articles and videos on Cyber Security which reflect the many different facets of security today. Our infographic provides a summary of the type of information we hold at Company Connecting. The infographic compares IT companies providing Cyber Security products and services with all the IT & telecoms companies in Scotland. IT companies ... Read more

This week’s Company Connecting infographic compares  the skills, sectors, age, size, and business focus areas of 289 Scottish IT companies working in the financial / fintech sector with those of the 2,763 Scottish IT companies. IT companies providing services and products into the financial services sector make up 9.5% of the Scottish IT companies. Our definition of ‘financial services’ ... Read more

This week’s Company Connecting infographic compares IT and Telecoms companies in Glasgow and Edinburgh. There are 695 companies in Glasgow and 705 in Edinburgh which is about 50% of the tech companies in Scotland. Company Connecting has detailed information on 4,437 tech companies of which 2,763 are in Scotland. In the infographic below you can use the tabs ... Read more

We have updated our infographic on Edinburgh IT and telecoms companies. The previous Edinburgh infographic  was published in February 2017 and we looked at companies in the City of Edinburgh council area. This time we take a look at 705 Individual companies registered in Edinburgh i.e. 26% of the IT and telecoms companies in Scotland. Company Connecting has detailed ... Read more

Company Connecting continues its infographic series with a look at the tech companies working in the area of financial services. We have included the banking, insurance, and wealth management sectors as well as companies who provide skills related to financial management such as EPOS and blockchain. The infographic provides information on 283 Scottish IT and telecoms companies that ... Read more