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Being a marketing manager has been named the top
job in the UK in 2015.
Marketing managers can earn an average of £47,000
a year and are in high demand as the UK's economic
recovery picks up pace, a new survey suggests.
In second place is finance manager, followed by
mechanical engineer.
The list was put together by jobs website Glassdoor ,
and was drawn up using three factors average annual
base salary, the number of job openings and career
opportunities, which takes into account chances of
promotion. All of the jobs listed were given a ranking
out of 5.
The number of job openings per job title represents
the total number of jobs posted to Glassdoor in the
three months to the end of January.
The best jobs in the UK - the top 10:
= 1. Marketing Manager Score: 4.5 =
Number of Job Openings: 2,965
Average Base Salary: £46,561
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.6
Marketing managers are in demand as the UK's
economic recovery spurs demand for people with
marketing skills.
"While marketing managers don’t earn the highest
salaries of jobs in our list, they have the second
highest career opportunities rating. Marketing
Manager is also a role that can work in almost any
industry sector, from financial services and
consumer goods, to motor and technology," says
Glassdoor.
Marketing managers' daily tasks might include
writing copy, approving images, measuring success
and making customer-focussed decisions. A key part
of the role is to understand current and potential
customer behaviour, as well as develop the
marketing plan for a product or brand.
= 2. Finance Manager Score: 4.4 =
Number of Job Openings: 4,357
Average Base Salary: £52,081
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.2
The role of a finance manager can vary enormously,
but key tasks may include managing a company's
financial accounting, monitoring and reporting
systems, producing accurate financial reports to
specific deadlines and managing budgets.
Finance managers earn good money and there is a
healthy level of job openings. They are also needed
by almost any company big enough to have a finance
department, so the appeal is very broad. It’s a job
that is less susceptible to economic peaks and
troughs than careers in sales and business
development, for example. There is also a clear line
of progression throughout a career.
= 3. Mechanical Engineer Score: 4.4 =
Number of Job Openings: 5,964
Average Base Salary: £34,799
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.5
This is the branch of engineering concerned with the
design, construction, and operation of machinery.
It's a manufacturing role that has a high career
opportunities rating, Glassdoor says. Activity in the
manufacturing sector is picking up pace in the UK,
with the CBI reporting increased confidence amongst
manufacturers.
There are various sectors that need mechanical
engineers, such as automotive, aerospace and
transport. To get into mechanical engineering, you
need some form of engineering degree and a
postgraduate qualification is often useful.
= 4. Sales Manager Score: 4.3 =
Number of Job Openings: 3,869
Average Base Salary: £45,613
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
Key responsibilities are leading and guiding a sales
team. It can be a tough job - a sales manager's tasks
often include assigning sales territories, setting
quotas, mentoring the members of his/her sales
team, assigning sales training, building a sales plan,
and hiring and firing sales people.
In large companies, sales quotas and plans are
typically established at the executive level and a
manager's main responsibility is to see to it that sales
people meet those quotas.
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= 5. Business Analyst Score: 4.3 =
Number of Job Openings: 3,437
Average Base Salary: £46,047
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
Business analysis is a disciplined approach for
introducing and managing change to organizations,
whether they are for-profit businesses, governments,
or non-profits.
Business analysts identify and define the solutions
that will maximize the value delivered by an
organization to its stakeholders.
It's a broad role - business analysts work across all
levels of an organisation and may be involved in
everything from defining strategy and creating the
enterprise architecture, to taking a leadership role by
defining the goals and requirements for projects.
= 6. IT Manager Score: 4.2 =
Number of Job Openings: 3,708
Average Base Salary: £57,818
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.0
IT managers are responsible for implementing and
maintaining an organisation's technology
infrastructure. Businesses rely on a central
information processing system to support efficient
data management and communications.
The IT manager monitors the organisation's
operational requirements, researches strategies and
technology solutions, and builds the most cost-
effective and efficient system to achieve those goals.
= 7. Civil Engineer Score: 4.2 =
Number of Job Openings: 4,137
Average Base Salary: £36,142
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.3
Civil engineering is a professional engineering
discipline that deals with the design, construction,
and maintenance of the physical and naturally built
environment, including works like roads, bridges,
canals, and buildings.
= 8. Product Manager Score: 4.2 =
Number of Job Openings: 1,415
Average Base Salary: £52,478
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.4
Product management is above all else a business
function, focused on maximising business value from
a product. Product managers should be obsessed
with optimising a product to achieve the business
goals while maximising return on investment,
Glassdoor says.
A product manager doesn’t need to be able to code;
but understanding the technology and, most
importantly, understanding the level of effort
involved is crucial to making the right decisions.
Product managers often spend more time day to day
with the development team than with anyone else
inside the business.
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= 9. Lawyer Score: 4.2 =
Number of Job Openings: 925
Average Base Salary: £55,020
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.5
Lawyers or solicitors are responsible for providing
advice to their clients related to laws. They also
represent persons or companies in disputes. Among
specific law areas are employment, property, finance,
competition, and taxation. Lawyers can represent any
type of company, both large and small, with a variety
of cases. They must be always keep on top of
changes in the legal system.
= 10. Software Engineer Score: 4.2 =
Number of Job Openings: 14,846
Average Base Salary: £40,400
Career Opportunities Rating: 3.0
This computer science discipline centres on
developing large applications. Software (LSE: 0NJS.L -
news) engineering covers not only the technical
aspects of building software systems, but also
management issues, such as directing programming
teams, scheduling, and budgeting.
Software engineering can be a lucrative career. Apple
(NasdaqGS: AAPL - news) is known to pay its software
and hardware engineers well above the rest of its
staff.
= The best jobs in the UK, 11-25 =
11. Human Resources Manager Score: 4.2
Average Base Salary: £53,978
12. Business Development Manager Score: 4.2
Average Base Salary: £41,003
13. Internal Audit Manager Score: 4.1
Average Base Salary: £39,141
14. Solutions Architect Score: 4.1
Average Base Salary: £66,349
15. Network Engineer Score: 4.1
Average Base Salary: £40,023
16. Investment Analyst Score: 3.9
Average Base Salary: £53,954
17. Operations Manager Score: 3.9
Average Base Salary: £47,496
18. Recruiter Score: 3.9
Average Base Salary: £23,419
19. Brand Manager Score: 3.8
Average Base Salary: £39,557
20. Office Manager Score: 3.8
Average Base Salary: £27,643
21. Executive Assistant Score: 3.6
Average Base Salary: £29,612
22. Accountant Score: 3.6
Average Base Salary: £29,488
23. Sales Engineer Score: 3.5
Average Base Salary: £34,845
24. UX Designer Score: 3.5
Average Base Salary: £47,437
25. Trader Score: 3.5
Average Base Salary: £63,250