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Top tech stats: Tech salaries, UK adult’s smartphone habits & more

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Welcome to your round up of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.

This week, we have statistics relating to smartphone usage, cloud migration, digital tools within the workplace and tech employee salaries.

Smartphones

A survey of 2,000 UK adults found UK adults spend 60 hours a year looking at a smartphone first thing in the morning or last thing at night.

Commissioned by Project M, the research also revealed that 18-34 year olds spend more than two days of the year (53 hours) reading showbiz or celebrity news via their smartphone. This is above the national average of 27 hours.

Similarly, the survey discovered Millennials are a vain bunch, spending over two days of the year taking selfies or checking their appearance with a smartphone. This adds up to a total of 5 months across their adult life....