Jobs in demand in the UK
The groups of jobs projected to add the most workers between 2025 and 2035. These are official employment projections: estimates of where work is heading, not promises.
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Most new jobs by 2035
Care workers and home carers: +102,700
Workers now: 1,070,300 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £27,468
Programmers and software development professionals: +55,100
Workers now: 496,300 · Growth to 2035: +11.1% · Median full-time pay: £56,914
Secondary education teaching professionals: +47,800
Workers now: 529,400 · Growth to 2035: +9% · Median full-time pay: £47,632
Primary education teaching professionals: +43,700
Workers now: 484,300 · Growth to 2035: +9% · Median full-time pay: £45,939
Finance and investment analysts and advisers: +38,400
Workers now: 313,600 · Growth to 2035: +12.2% · Median full-time pay: £50,330
Other registered nursing professionals: +38,200
Workers now: 395,800 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £42,300
Property, housing and estate managers: +34,700
Workers now: 222,800 · Growth to 2035: +15.6% · Median full-time pay: £43,365
Teaching assistants: +33,400
Workers now: 348,000 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £21,239
Financial managers and directors: +33,300
Workers now: 347,700 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £76,447
Business and financial project management professionals: +33,100
Workers now: 271,000 · Growth to 2035: +12.2% · Median full-time pay: £59,834
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale: +29,500
Workers now: 307,500 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £38,447
Police officers (sergeant and below): +29,000
Workers now: 196,300 · Growth to 2035: +14.8% · Median full-time pay: £48,812
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants: +28,900
Workers now: 301,600 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £29,084
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors: +27,900
Workers now: 178,600 · Growth to 2035: +15.6% · Median full-time pay: £31,692
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors
Chartered and certified accountants: +27,100
Workers now: 221,900 · Growth to 2035: +12.2% · Median full-time pay: £50,062
Marketing, sales and advertising directors: +26,900
Workers now: 280,600 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £94,135
Solicitors and lawyers: +26,100
Workers now: 213,300 · Growth to 2035: +12.2% · Median full-time pay: £56,977
Production managers and directors in manufacturing: +25,900
Workers now: 270,300 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £58,640
Management consultants and business analysts: +24,400
Workers now: 199,600 · Growth to 2035: +12.2% · Median full-time pay: £53,295
Human resource managers and directors: +23,900
Workers now: 249,300 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £57,529
Higher education teaching professionals: +23,800
Workers now: 263,800 · Growth to 2035: +9% · Median full-time pay: £52,835
IT managers: +23,500
Workers now: 211,300 · Growth to 2035: +11.1% · Median full-time pay: £56,438
Call and contact centre occupations: +20,300
Workers now: 141,800 · Growth to 2035: +14.3% · Median full-time pay: £27,035
Generalist medical practitioners: +19,200
Workers now: 199,500 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £55,494
Information technology directors: +18,800
Workers now: 196,300 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £91,671
Specialist medical practitioners and consultants: +18,500
Workers now: 192,500 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £92,847
Social workers: +17,200
Workers now: 141,300 · Growth to 2035: +12.2% · Median full-time pay: £44,550
Production managers and directors in construction: +17,000
Workers now: 176,300 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £56,021
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers: +16,600
Workers now: 148,900 · Growth to 2035: +11.1% · Median full-time pay: £60,288
Gardeners and landscape gardeners: +16,600
Workers now: 171,700 · Growth to 2035: +9.6% · Median full-time pay: £28,539
Employment projections from Department for Education: Skills Imperative 2035: employment projections by occupation (2021 to 2035 (Warwick IER / Cambridge Econometrics)). Source