State of Open: The UK in 2023, Phase Two “Show us the Money”
Part 1: The Economics of Open Source Software
The headline economics report of the 2023 series: the OpenUK survey-based analysis of the economic contribution of open source software to the UK, establishing the widely cited finding that open source contributed 27% of the UK tech sector’s Gross Value Add in 2022. Alongside the survey outputs it explores the business of open source in the UK — who is building it, funding it and profiting from it.
Report Includes:
- Introduction, Amanda Brock, CEO, OpenUK
- Conclusion, Dr Jennifer Barth, Chief Research Officer, OpenUK
- The OpenUK 2023 Survey: economics outputs — the basis of the 27% GVA finding
- Analysis of the UK open source business landscape with Runa Capital data
- Case studies and thought leadership from UK open source businesses
Executive Summary
- Open source software forms a substantial part of the UK tech sector, contributing 27% of its GVA in 2022 — the flagship finding cited across all later OpenUK reporting
- The UK is a world leader in open source software (as covered by Omdia and others at launch)
- Survey-based analysis of adoption, contribution and commercialisation across UK enterprises
OpenUK Annual Survey
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