What are the Jobs most in Demand in the UK?

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Answer 1

The following occupations are those where there is a known nationwide shortage of resident workers to undertake these roles. These occupations qualify under the Tier I shortage category. Tier 1 category means that Employers do not need to advertise for their position. Applications should only be made under this category where the person has the necessary qualifications/experience to do the job.

Engineering | Healthcare | Others

General Engineering (

Engineering occupations:

Transportation and Highways Engineers:

Engineers who are required to have a transport-related degree, or a degree and at least 2 years relevant experience from a civil background in the following specialisms:

Traffic Engineer or Transport Planner

Highways Design Engineer or Highways Planning Engineer

Ground Engineering:

Ground Engineering occupation relate solely to the construction sector and not to oil / gas extraction:

Geoenvironmental Engineer

Geotechnical Engineer

Geological Advisor

Geological Analyst

Geological Associate

Geological Engineer

Geologist / Hydrogeologist

Geology / Reservoir Engineer

Geomechanics Engineer

Geophysical Specialist

Geophysicist

Geoscientist

Geosupport Engineer

Engineering Geologist

Ground Engineer

Contaminated Land Specialist

Electricity Generation Engineers:

Electricity generation engineering occupations relate solely to the electricity generating industry:

Mechanical Engineer

Senior Project Mechanical Engineer

Project Mechanical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Senior Project Electical Engineer

Poject Electrical Engineer

Senior Project Civil Engineer

Project Civil Engineer

System Health Engineer (Nuclear)

Design Engineer (Nuclear)

Work Cycle Planner (Nuclear)

Shift or Team Leader

Production Controller

Plant Process Engineer

Network Planners

Network Design Engineers

Senior Project Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Project Control and Instrumentation Engineer

Senior Project Control Engineer

Central Control Room Supervisor

Assistant Engineer (Shift Operations)

Performance Engineer

System Infrastructure Engineer

Assistant Chemist

Reactor Physicist

Assistant Reactor Physicist

Assistant Physicist

Other Engineering:

CAA Licensed Aircraft Engineer

Overhead Electricity Linesworker

Quantity Surveyor

High Integrity Pipe Worker

Healthcare

Doctors:

Salaried GPs

Dentists:

Consultants and Specialists in Paediatric Dentistry

Consultants in Orthodontics

Consultant posts in the following specialist areas:

Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine

Cardiology

Chemical Pathology

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Clinical Neurophysiology

Clinical Oncology

Forensic Psychiatry

General Adult Psychiatry

Genito-urinary Medicine

Geriatric Medicine

Haematology

Immunology

Medical Microbiology & Virology

Neurology

Nuclear Medicine

Occupational Medicine

Old Age Psychiatry

Oral & Maxillo-facial Surgery

Paediatrics

Plastic Surgery

Rehabilitation Medicine

Renal Medicine

General:

Audiologist

Audiological Scientist

Clinical Psychologist

Pharmacist (including pre-registration pharmacist)

Pharmacy Technician Higher Level (Band 5 and above)

Speech & Language Therapist (engaged at Band 7 or Band 8 of Agenda for Change or their Independent sector equivalents)

State Registered Scientists in Cytogenetics

Qualified HPC Registered Diagnostic & Therapeutic Radiographers

Ultrasonographers

Social care:

Social Worker

Nurses:

Registered Nurse employed or engaged at Band 7 or Band 8 of Agenda for Change or their Independent sector equivalents

Registered Nurse employed or engaged in the following specialities:

    * Operating Theatre Nurse

    * Critical Care (nurses working in wards with a Level 2 or Level 3 classification)

Others

Other occupations:

Teachers – All posts in England and Scotland covering compulsory schooling

Veterinary Surgeon