"Figure 3: Employment in research and development reaches 250,000","" "Employment by profession, 2007 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Full time equivalent (000's)" "","" "","Other supporting staff","Technicians","Researchers" "2007","33","35","90" "2008","28","37","86" "2009","26","40","85" "2010","27","41","87" "2011","27","42","90" "2012","27","43","92" "2013","28","53","98" "2014","32","60","103" "2015","35","64","107" "2016","38","66","112" "2017","51","68","114" "2018","52","75","123"