Sheffield is home to a substantial cluster of market leading and high performing businesses in the creative, digital media and ICT industries. Together they share a unique body of experience and talent that makes Sheffield one of the leading centres of digital specialism in the UK.
There is particular expertise in the following areas:
e-learning
Sheffield has established itself as the UK centre of e-learning with over 600 people employed in e-learning development and service businesses. The city is home to two of the largest applied e-learning services in the world; Ufi learndirect and e-SY.info, as well as a breadth of companies covering the full spectrum of e-learning solution components and online information services.
Games software / Entertainment
Sheffield’s concentration of award-winning companies with international reputations is acting as a magnet for talented developers. The city is home to numerous companies involved in games, animation, film and TV, video, sound, radio and photography.
Design / New media
Sheffield expertise is being sought out for high profile national communication programmes and internationally known blue chip brands. Some of the UK’s most renowned interactive design and production companies are based in Sheffield offering complete digital marketing solutions including e-business applications.
Systems / Infrastructure
Sheffield provides a convenient base for a number of global IT industry operators offering full lifecycle services from design through to large-scale enterprise level systems.