1、UK INNOVATION REPORT 2026Benchmarking the UKs industrial and innovation performance in a global contextInstitute for Manufacturing,University of CambridgeMarch 2026Table of contentsList of charts 1Introduction 3Contributors and acknowledgements 5Executive summary 6Theme 1:Structure and performance o
2、f the UK economy 12Theme 2:Investment in innovation 23Theme 3:Industrial performance UK electronics and electrical equipment 34Theme 4:Science and engineering workforce 51Theme 5:Technology scaleup 60UK INNOVATION REPORT|1List of chartsTheme 1:Structure and performance of the UK economyChart 1.1.Str
3、ucture of the UK economy,2024Chart 1.2.Top 20 industries by labour productivity,2007 and 2024Chart 1.3.Top 20 industries by productivity growth,19972024Chart 1.4.Top 20 industries by contribution to productivity growth,19972024Chart 1.5.Top and bottom 10 industries by employment growth,19972024Chart
4、 1.6.Annual earnings and employment shares by industry,20152025Chart 1.7.Earnings dynamics,20152025Appendix 1.1.Sectoral group classification and statistical codesAppendix 1.2.Decomposition of productivity growthTheme 2:Investment in innovation Chart 2.1.Global expenditure on R&DChart 2.2.R&D intens
5、ity:international comparisonChart 2.3.UK business research and development Chart 2.4.Government financial support for business R&DChart 2.5.World rank of selected innovation outputsChart 2.6.Scientific publications by science fieldChart 2.7.Unicorns in the world Chart 2.8.From research to market:sci
6、entific publications versus high-tech exports performanceChart 2.9.Top R&D-investing companies in the worldTheme 3:Industrial performance UK electronics and electrical equipment Chart 3.1.UK electronics and electrical equipment(E&E)manufacturing sectors contribution to the UK economyChart 3.2.Electr