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Technology totals 11.5 per cent of the gross domestic product

Technology totals 11.5 per cent of the gross domestic product. It is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the economy, expanding 20 per cent per annum.

About 75 per cent of companies now pay staff bonuses of 10 per cent or more of annual salary.

70 per cent of software developers and information technology (IT) department staff get a company contributory pension. About half get health insurance and life assurance.

A third of IT staff get sports club memberships, 16 per cent get their mortgages subsidised by employers, and 43 per cent are offered flexible working hours.