Employers’ Digital Practices at Work Survey, 2021-2023

Employers’ Digital Practices at Work Survey is a nationally representative survey of employers’ adoption and use of new digital technologies, including AI and machine-learning.

The survey explores the use of traditional information and communication technology (ICT) and well as employers’ use of new artificial intelligence and machine-learning enabled technologies, data analytics, workforce staffing and human resource management practices.

The sampling frame used for the survey was drawn from the Dunn and Bradstreet business directory. Stratified sampling was employed using the intersection of industry (based on the Standard Industrial Classification) and firm size (organised in bands of organisations with 10-19, 20-49, 50-99, 100-249,and 250+ employees) as the primary sampling unit. The sampling frame covers all regions in England, plus Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The sampling frame includes establishments with more than 10 employees.

Two waves of the survey were conducted: Wave 1 (November 2021 - June 2022); Wave 2 (2023).