PROJECT managers and architect are top of the list of best jobs that are hiring – and they pay up to £71,000 a year, according to Glassdoor.
Product manager roles pay £60,221 per year, and have a satisfaction rating of 4.1 out of five, according to the jobs listing website.
In second place is a job as an “enterprise architect” which pays £71,392 on average and also has a job satisfaction rating of 4.0. This was by far the best paid job in the top 25.
The third best job role was as a dentist. This pays £55,500 but has a slightly lower job satisfaction of 4.0 out of five.
The job with the highest overall satisfaction was “full stack engineer”, which scored 4.5 out of five for satisfaction.
Ten of the 25 jobs are new this year, mostly tech roles such as: mobile engineer, cloud engineer and front end engineer. In fact, 12 out of the 25 top jobs were technology based.
It’s important to note that many of the jobs require qualifications so you might want to consider doing a course if you’re changing track.
The jobs were ranked according to three criteria: mean base salary, vacancies and job satisfaction.
Glassdoor, which carried out the research, carries millions of job listings as well as information about salary levels, employee reviews and job satisfaction scores.
You can browse job openings and find out more about prospective employers here.
Here’s the top 25 list of jobs in full:
1. Product Manager
- Salary: £60,221
- Number of vacancies: 1,946
- Job satisfaction rating: 4.1
The product manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the lifecycle of a product.
This includes gathering and prioritising product and customer requirements, defining the vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.
2. Enterprise Architect
- Salary: £71,392
- Number of vacancies: 1,517
- Job satisfaction rating: 4.1
An enterprise architect is responsible for the entire infrastructure of a company’s IT platform.
A few of the main duties of an enterprise architect are designing processes, documenting essential IT procedures, tracking project progress, and maintaining a security focus.
3. Dentist
- Salary: £55,500
- Number of vacancies: 1,721
- Job satisfaction rating: 4.0
Dentists diagnose and treat dental issues and help patients develop better oral hygiene.
4. Full Stack Engineer
- Salary: £45,000
- Number of vacancies: 1,264
- Job satisfaction rating: 4.4
The full stack engineer job description includes using a range of different technologies and languages (such as Java, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, C#) to develop applications.
5. Sales Manager
- Salary: £50,000
- Number of vacancies: 2,268
- Job satisfaction rating: 4.0
Sales managers lead a sales team by providing guidance, training and mentorship, setting sales quotas and goals, creating sales plans, analysing data, assigning sales territories and building their team.
6. Mobile Engineer
- Salary: £50,602
- Number of vacancies: 960
- Job satisfaction rating: 4.2
Mobile developers are a type of software developer. They specialise in mobile technology such as building apps for Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone platforms.