# UK PLC TO BENEFIT BY £322 BILLION FROM BIG DATA AND IOT – DON’T MISS OUT!
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2016-03-24
Category: TECHNOLOGY
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Meta Title: UK Big Data and IoT Revenue Growth: £322 Billion by 2020
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By **Mark Wilkinson**, SAS Regional Vice President – Northern Europe and Russia/CIS.

The value of big data equity in the UK was estimated at £12 billion a year or 0.7 per cent of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2012. Four years flew by and the second report by the [Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr)](http://www.cebr.com/) has put the opportunity at £46 billion by 2020, or 2.2 per cent of GDP – nearly four times the original value.

And that’s just big data analytics adoption. We’ve now put a value on what adoption of the [Internet of Things](https://www.financedigest.com/iomt-internet-of-medical-things-to-accelerate-the-intracranial-pressure-monitors-market.html "IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) to accelerate the Intracranial Pressure Monitors Market") (IoT) could deliver to the UK economy in 2020 – a further £16 billion, so £62 billion in total.

[Big data](https://www.financedigest.com/banks-struggle-to-harness-big-data.html "BANKS STRUGGLE TO HARNESS BIG DATA") and IoT together are expected to generate £322 billion in revenue for the UK economy from 2015 to 2020. To put this in perspective, it’s twice the size of the combined education, NHS and defence budgets for 2014-15, and more than one-fifth (22 per cent) of the UK’s net public debt (circa. £1.5 trillion in 2014-15).

This extra revenue to UK plc should be taken seriously when you consider how the UK government – as evidenced by The Chancellor’s recent Budget – is having to tighten spending, [amid predictions of an economic](https://www.financedigest.com/big-bank-ceos-to-sell-lawmakers-on-relief-diversity-efforts-amid-economic-regulatory-challenges.html "Big bank CEOs to sell lawmakers on relief, diversity efforts amid economic, regulatory challenges") slowdown.

[**Manufacturing bucks the trend**](https://www.financedigest.com/chromoendoscopy-agents-market-2031-report-details-the-future-development-manufacturers-trends-share-size-and-forecast.html "Chromoendoscopy Agents Market 2031 Report Details the Future Development, Manufacturers, Trends, Share, Size and Forecast")

Big data and the IoT are expected to bring [much needed relief](https://next.ft.com/content/79e339e2-b90e-11e5-bf7e-8a339b6f2164) to the manufacturing sector. [Big data](https://www.financedigest.com/avoiding-a-big-data-car-crash-how-to-organise-your-data-to-detect-fraudulent-claims.html "Avoiding a big data car crash: How to organise your data to detect fraudulent claims") is expected to inject a healthy sum of £57 billion, along with £27 billion of IoT value by 2020.

This is [largely driven](https://www.financedigest.com/growth-in-sales-of-fed-microbial-market-to-be-largely-driven-by-rising-consumer-adoption.html "Growth in Sales of Fed Microbial Market to be Largely Driven by Rising Consumer Adoption") by the diversity of firms in the industry and variety of areas in which efficiency gains can be achieved. Benefits are multifold. Over time, the industry should expect improvements in areas such as [supply chain management](https://www.financedigest.com/supply-chain-management-bpo-market-is-thriving-with-rising-latest-trends-2014-2020.html "Supply Chain Management BPO Market Is Thriving With Rising Latest Trends 2014 – 2020") and enhancements in customer intelligence.

For example, one of our customers provides [cranes to ports and industries](https://www.financedigest.com/cherry-picker-crane-market-2022-scope-of-current-and-future-industry-2031.html "Cherry Picker Crane Market 2022 | Scope of Current and Future Industry 2031"). By looking at sensor data from the cranes, it’s possible to detect in advance when they need repairs or maintenance carried out. This maximizes the [time they’re in service](https://www.financedigest.com/financial-services-and-sustainability-the-time-is-now.html "Financial services and sustainability: The time is now"), reduces repair costs and optimizes spare part availability.

Other key industry [sectors set to benefit most are telecoms](https://www.financedigest.com/telecom-api-market-api-set-to-redefine-telecom-sector-as-telecom-2-0-gets-closer-to-reality.html "Telecom API Market – API Set to Redefine Telecom Sector as Telecom 2.0 Gets Closer to Reality") and retail.

**Customer intelligence sparks telecoms adoption**

The telecoms industry will experience the highest current rate of [big data](https://www.financedigest.com/the-benefits-of-big-data-how-to-convince-your-cfo.html "THE BENEFITS OF BIG DATA – HOW TO CONVINCE YOUR CFO") analytics and IoT adoption at 67 per cent and 61 per cent respectively. However, by 2020, retail banking is expected to leapfrog telecoms and become leaders in [big data analytics](https://www.financedigest.com/big-data-analytics-fraud-prevention-in-the-financial-sector.html "BIG DATA, ANALYTICS & FRAUD PREVENTION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR") adoption at 81 per cent, while the telecoms sector remains ahead in IoT adoption at 81 per cent.

There are plenty of other interesting findings and [industry sector](https://www.financedigest.com/expansion-in-manufacturing-sector-has-increased-demand-for-industrial-cooling-system-market.html "Expansion In Manufacturing Sector Has Increased Demand For Industrial Cooling System Market") comparisons to be found in the report. What’s for certain over the [coming years](https://www.financedigest.com/stocks-hit-two-year-lows-sterling-comes-under-fire.html "Stocks hit two-year lows, sterling comes under fire"), is that more organisations from multiple industries will embrace data and IoT to improve decision-making that affects efficiency, risk management and new business opportunities.

So the real question is what’s holding some businesses back from doing this now?

**Barriers to adoption**

The [skills gap](https://www.financedigest.com/tackling-the-cloud-skills-gap-in-financial-services.html "Tackling the cloud skills gap in financial services") is something we’re all aware of – we need more data scientists and people in the workplace now (as well as future graduates) with skills in handling and analysing data to meet the current demand.

Technology has helped in that the latest [data visualisation solutions, for example, can be used by people who aren’t necessarily experts in statistics or data science](https://www.financedigest.com/crowdsourcing-of-data-to-drive-the-life-science-market.html "Crowdsourcing of data to drive the Life Science Market"). The outputs are easy to understand and solutions that have a [predictive analytics](https://www.financedigest.com/transportation-predictive-analytics-and-simulation-market-2021-by-global-key-players-types-applications-countries-industry-size-and-forecast-to-2027.html "Transportation Predictive Analytics And Simulation Market 2021 by Global Key Players, Types, Applications, Countries, Industry Size and Forecast to 2027") capability built-in do much more than simply historical reporting. Cloud-based as-a-service offerings also allow organisations to effectively hire in the analytical expertise where they don’t have this in-house.

But a major [barrier can be creating a valid business](https://www.financedigest.com/why-start-ups-fail-5-barriers-to-business-success-and-how-to-overcome-them.html "Why start-ups fail: 5 barriers to business success and how to overcome them") case. This may require the leadership and/or culture within an organisation to become more [data driven](https://www.financedigest.com/the-role-of-intuition-in-an-increasingly-data-driven-world.html "The Role of Intuition in an Increasingly Data-Driven World"). But often it can be how do we justify the investment, and how will new technology be integrated into what we have already?

**A way forward**

Well, organisations can easily build a business case. It may be a very specific business problem that they know they can resolve with data – that might be something that we could help them with using [SAS Results](http://www.sas.com/gms/redirect.jsp?detail=GMS24503_44473). This is analytics-as-a-service where we provide a solution and expertise to answer that particular problem. If it’s a more complex, big data issue, then a business can experiment with its data to see what the potential ROI is, using our [Big Data Innovation Lab](http://www.sas.com/gms/redirect.jsp?detail=GMS24503_44474).

SAS solutions are also scalable and can be integrated with existing technology from other vendors, so there’s no need to always ‘rip and replace’. We have many customers whose analytics platform is a combination of SAS and other technologies.

As our report on ‘ [The value of big data and the Internet of Things to the UK economy](http://www.sas.com/gms/redirect.jsp?detail=GMS24503_44469)’ clearly shows, many organisations will be adopting solutions to exploit big data and IoT over the next few years – but the ones that don’t risk being left behind by the competition.


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