Some job sectors are more popular than others because of the growth opportunities, salary, and job satisfaction they offer. Moreover, jobs that are more interesting, challenging, and of technical nature, allure more people and thus, become popular. In this article, we are going to discuss which jobs are more preferred by the people of the United Kingdom.

The following are the top five most popular job sectors in the United Kingdom: 

1. Information technology and Cybersecurity 

The IT sector in the UK has witnessed significant transformations and has brought fruitful advancements to the world. Even now, it is believed that this sector will grow persistently due to the integration of IT in every sector. And increased use of technology and the internet has boosted the growth of cybersecurity, which has become a must to sustain in this digital era. The career profiles in these sectors where people can build a flourishing career are: 

• Network Security Engineer

• Cyber Security Analyst

• Security Architect

• Application analyst

• IT Director

• Cloud computing

• Applications developer

• Cyber Security Manager

2. Healthcare 

The covid pandemic has brought the advancement in the healthcare sector to its peak. Since then, the supply of healthcare professionals and staff at every level has never remained sufficient. The demand for such technical roles as doctors, nurses, etc is also ascending in the United Kingdom. One can build a promising career in healthcare and get jobs in: 

• Allied health services like (e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy, etc.

• Dentistry

• Health informatics

• Healthcare administration and management

• Clinical engineering

• Biomedical science and pathology

• Medicine and Pharmacy

• Psychological therapies

3. Engineering 

As per the statistics, 18% of the total employment i.e. around 5.5 million people of the working population in the UK belongs to the engineering sector. 

Moreover, this sector generally faces shortage of skills in engineers and thus, there is demand for talented engineers with exceptional technical acumen. Engineering graduates in the UK are popularly recruited by the following companies: 

• Babcock

• Colas Rail

• BAE Systems

• Nucleargraduates

• Cadent

• Thales Group

• Dyson

• Jaguar Land Rover

• Kier Group

• Arup

• BMW Group

• Network Rail

• Rolls Royce

4. Management and consulting 

The management and consulting sector incorporates various services like strategic and organizational planning, project management, human resource consultation, etc. Thus, to get employed in this sector, the professionals should possess a high-ranked graduate and postgraduate degree in management. Moreover, business-related jobs are quite popular among the youth because of their flourishing career prospects. The popular jobs in management and consulting in the UK are: 

• Business analyst

• Business adviser

• Ergonomist

• Hotel manager

• Project manager

• Management consultant

• Risk manager

• Internal auditor

5. Construction 

No matter what happens, people will still need homes, businesses will still need buildings and so on. Thus, the demand for construction workers or architects is never going to vanish. The architects are the ones who combine technical knowledge with creative plans for construction of wonderful buildings. Architectural degrees involve rigorous education and completion of degrees over five years to become skilled in their profession. The popular construction job roles in the UK are: 

• Building services engineer

• Mining engineer

• Contracting civil engineer

• Structural engineer

• Construction manager

• Engineering geologist

• Consulting civil engineer

• Site engineer

Apart from these, the other popular job sectors in the UK are marketing and creatives, hospitality management, transport and logistics, education, etc.