The 10 Best Jobs in the UK for 2019 Revealed

Thinking of changing jobs this year? Spring is the ideal time to start searching, as the season’s warm sunshine fills us with optimism and increases motivation. So why not not pack away those winter woollies and look to the future?

To help you find a new job you’ll love, employee ratings website Glassdoor has come up with a list of the 25 best jobs in Britain for 2019. Here are the top ten careers, based on earning potential, job satisfaction and the number of job openings available.

Auditors are responsible for analysing a company’s paperwork and procedures to ensure that the system they’re using is legal. Become an audit manager and you’ll be supervising an entire team of auditors, as well as coaching junior staff.  You’ll also be responsible for identifying and managing the company’s business risks, producing reports that highlight any issues and providing possible solutions.

If you’re highly analytical and enjoy number crunching, this could be the ideal role for you. As well as having excellent accounting ability you’ll need extensive knowledge of income tax, group audit standards and UK and international regulations. Working with the company’s finance director, it will be your job to make sure that the company complies with these regulations.

Finance managers help their clients and colleagues to make sensible business decisions by providing financial guidance and support. Employed by public bodies and private companies, they assist with short term and long term planning, budgeting and formulating business plans. They also ensure that a company’s financial practises comply with regulations and legislation.

This responsible role requires strong analytical skills and a sound understanding of financial systems and procedures. Communication skills are also key, as audit managers often find themselves liaising with auditors, solicitors, bankers and the Inland Revenue.

If you become a marketing manager you’ll be responsible for coordinating the marketing strategy of the company you’re employed by. Working with a team, you’ll promote the company via every means available, including social media platforms, newspapers, websites and local and national media outlets.

Extensive marketing experience is key for this role, as you’ll be running and evaluating new campaigns, analysing advertising return, listening to customer feedback and educating your employees about marketing trends. You’ll also need a sound understanding of digital marketing techniques, including search engine optimisation (SEO) and website analytics.

Product managers develop and manage a company’s products, whether these are services (such as mortgages) or goods (such as home appliances). They oversee each stage of the production process and provide access to the latest technology, so that each product is made as efficiently as possible.

If you become a product manager you’ll need to be an excellent communicator, as you’ll liaise regularly with senior managers, developers and employees from other departments. You’ll also be responsible for using customer feedback and usage data to come up with new features and product ideas.

If you’re organised and persuasive with a talent for spotting emerging trends, you’d probably make a great sales manager. This job involves developing sales strategies, setting goals for a team of sales reps and then motivating the reps to hit their targets. To get the best results from your team, you may need to deliver training programmes, as well as individual coaching or mentoring sessions.

In addition to being good leaders, sales managers are normally responsible for compiling and analysing sales figures before reporting back to senior managers. They also attend industry related trade fairs, conferences and exhibitions.   

Risk managers advise companies about potential risks to their business. They’re responsible for carrying out risk assessments, deciding how to limit any risks and preparing just in case things go wrong. Risk management is a growing industry and work is available in a wide variety of sectors.

As well as reporting to company directors, business owners and other employees, risk managers generally carry out practical tasks like purchasing insurance and implementing health and safety measures. They also provide education and training in order to build risk awareness among a company’s employees.

Most businesses collect large amounts of raw data, so data scientists collate, interpret and transform this it into useful information. They do this with the help of algorithms, statistical techniques and machine learning tools such as Hadoop, SQL and SAS.

Strong analytical skills are essential for this job, however, data scientists also need to be excellent communicators, because they often have to present their findings in a manner that’s clear and engaging enough for non experts to understand. Collaboration is also crucial, as the role involves sharing skills and insights with other teams in order to find the best solution to a problem.

Feeling intrigued? You’ll be glad to know that data scientists are currently in high demand across many sectors including finance, retail, IT and academia.

This senior role involves ensuring that companies and organisations are running as efficiently as they can in order to meet the needs of clients and customers. As well as working in many different industries, operations managers work in the public sector, in which case their focus becomes improving value for money rather than making a profit.

Operations managers are responsible for monitoring and analysing production and provision systems. They also manage quality assurance programmes, oversee inventories and research new technology that could improve efficiency.

If you like the sound of this varied and challenging job you’ll need to be a talented and diplomatic communicator, as you’ll be liaising with other team members, training new staff, tracking staff performance and presenting your findings to stakeholders. Report writing ability is essential and you’ll also need to know your business software.

Design managers coordinate the design work involved with the construction process. Their duties include leading meetings, making sure that design information is available and working alongside architects, planners and designers to ensure that their clients’ requirements are met.

This role requires excellent project management skills and the ability to keep up to date with industry codes of practise and legislation. A sound understanding of commercial issues, the supply chain and technical design considerations is also crucial.

If you understand business, thrive under pressure and enjoy working on multiple projects, read on, as we may have the job for you. Business analysts enable companies to understand their problems and requirements, so that they can change, develop their products and plan for the future.

Responsibilities include suggesting improvements in operations and processes, identifying the IT required to implement your recommendations and communicating their benefits across departments. Business analysts also support the staff who are making the changes and evaluate the impact of their suggested improvements.

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