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Top 10 UK software firms ranked by number of researchers

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VC firm Truffle Resources has actually ranked the leading ONE HUNDRED European software firms in order of income from software program and solutions. We have actually taken a look at the UK companies that have made the list and also ranked them baseding on the dimension of their R&D labor force.

Baseding on the study, the UK is only the third finest country in Europe where to locate an R&D job.

Software program companies in Germany lead the board with 23,085 R&D staff members, followed by France (11,409) and the UK (6,887). Nevertheless, R&D employees in the UK make up merely 10.8 percent of companies’ overall employees, compared to Germany’s (37.7 percent). SAP is the biggest company of R&D staff, with 17,804 in 2013.

In terms of R&D budgets, UK software companies spend 12.4 percent of their spending plan in R&D, totalling EUR859.3 million. This is much behind German companies’ EUR2,889 million financial investment, 41.8 percent of the total.

 

 

SDL International

Bring your brand to the world & the world to your brand with integrated software & services.

Software specialism:  Customer experience management

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 52

Number of R&D employees in 2013: 209

Customers: House of Fraser, Specsavers, Schneider Electric, HP

 

Kofax

Kofax Limited is a software provider based in Irvine, California. It produces applications that simplify information-intensive customer interactions.

Software specialism: Electronic document management

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 42

Number of R&D employees in 2013:  226

Customers: HSBC, Visa, American Express, Fujitsu, DWP

 

Microfocus

Micro Focus International plc is a multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The firm provides software and consultancy services for clients updating legacy systems to more modern platforms.

Software specialism: Application modernisation and management

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 26

Number of R&D employees in 2013:  320

Customers: Met Office, Avis, Bentley, HSBC

 

Fidessa

Fidessa Group plc is a British-headquartered company which provides software and services such as trading systems to clients in the financial services sector.

Software specialism: Financial services’ trading systems

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 24

Number of R&D employees in 2013:  334

 

Aveva Group

AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology company headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom

Software specialism:  Engineering

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 34

Number of R&D employees in 2013:  481

 

Advanced Computer Software (ACS)

Business accounting and financial management software. Profile, product portfolio, services, business partners, news and client case studies.

Software specialism: Business accounting and financial management

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 44

Number of R&D employees in 2013:  550

 

Sophos

Sophos is a developer and vendor of computer security software and hardware, providing communication endpoint, encryption, network security, email security and mobile security as well as unified threat management products.

Software specialism: Data security

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 32

Number of R&D employees in 2013: 550

Customers: Pixar, Avis, Toshiba, Ford

 

NIS – Northgate Information Solutions

Offer software development and process outsourcing services to the public sector, human resources and corporate markets.

Software specialism: HR

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 16

Number of R&D employees in 2013: 608

 

Misys

Misys provides financial services software covering retail and corporate banking, lending, treasury, capital markets, investment management and enterprise risk.

Software specialism:  Banking software

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 14

Number of R&D employees in 2013: 1,100

 

Sage

Software specialism:  Business software, accounting, CRM, payroll

Truffle Capital’s Top 100 rank: 3

Number of R&D employees in 2013:  1,178

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