evidence: New data shows Northern Ireland is now home to one of the UK’s fastest-growing digital sectors with one in seven jobs now in the digital sector. Northern Ireland’s digital sector is now growing faster than most of the UK with 15% of all available job opportunities in the tech industry, ahead of the UK average of 13%, according to data analysed by smarter job search engine Adzuna for the UK’s Digital Economy Council and Tech Nation. [...] Belfast is the centre of Northern Ireland’s tech scene with digital tech roles now making up 27% of all available jobs in the city, an increase of 10% from 2018. The city was named a tech hub to watch by Tech Nation earlier this year thanks to its high proportion of early-stage companies.