Scale of Measurement Study

NPL is undertaking this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise to better understand market capability, explore suitable datasets and methodologies, identify innovative analytical approaches, validate the proposed scope, gain insight into indicative pricing and delivery models, and identify any risks and dependencies that may affect successful delivery. Core Deliverables: The main deliverables are the following metrics: Labour Input • Share of total UK employment in measurement-related occupations, and the total compensation this represents as a share of GDP • Concentration of measurement occupations within specific industries (e.g., R&D, Defence) • Growth rate of measurement employment vs. overall employment growth over the decade • Employment and total pay specifically within the calibration & testing sector • Trend in real pay for measurement-service employees over the decade Investment • Annual investment in instrumentation as a share of investment in productive/tangible assets and in machinery & equipment • Split of investment by instrument type (share of total) • Gross capital stock of instrumentation as a share of UK's total gross capital stock, and its split by instrument type Intermediate Demand • Growth in total intermediate demand for instrumentation over the period, in real terms • Split between domestic and imported instrumentation, and the trend toward import dependence Research & Development • Total measurement-related R&D expenditure, and the split between business vs. non-business (government/academic) performers • Share of UK granted patents that are measurement-related, and the total count over the decade • Share of published journal articles that are measurement-related, and the total count, plus its declining trend • UK's revealed comparative advantage (RCA) in measurement patents relative to international peers A previous example of the analysis and the methodology can be found in the “Quantifying Measurement activity” paper (https://eprintspubl