Marketing manager tops list of desirable jobs | Money | The Guardian

Marketing manager tops list of desirable jobs | Money | The Guardian: "Forget caretaker on a tropical island, chocolate taster or even water slide tester. The often maligned marketing industry today gets a gold star for doing what it is paid to do. Apparently what most Britons yearn to be is a marketing manager.

A report lists the roles of marketing manager, finance manager and mechanical engineer at the very top of its list of what working people deem the 25 best occupations in the UK.

The 25 plum UK jobs listed by global recruitment consultants Glassdoor are ranked according to a score determined by three factors in a series of employee surveys: earning potential, career opportunity rating and number of job openings. The results represent jobs that stand out across all three categories.

Marketing manager, with an average starting salary of £46,660, was in pole position with a score of 4.5, finance manager came second with 4.4, and mechanical engineer also scored 4.4.

In IT-related positions, the job of solutions architect (14th, score of 4.1) enjoys the highest average annual starting salary of £66,349, software engineer (10th, score of 4.2) currently has the most job openings – 14,846 – while professional services (8th) and technology (7th) were seen as the top two industries with the most jobs represented in a broad spread of roles. Accountant, traditionally a well-paid and secure springboard into various sectors, limped in at 23, with an overall score of 3.6 and an average starting salary of £29,488.

The final list of 25 predominantly office-based and IT-related jobs was whittled down from a list of 100 occupations – including retail store manager, lecturer, social worker, chef, flight attendant and bar tender."



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