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These are the best jobs in the UK for 2019

Sally Bracegirdle
Head of Marketing

Not quite sure what job you want to do after university?

If choosing a career is proving to be a problematic task, you might want to consider one of the job titles in this list.

Employment website Glassdoor has released the results from their annual report of the best jobs in the UK, based on number of job openings, salary and job satisfaction. Employees were asked to score their role out of a maximum of 5 for each of the three metrics. Each job was then given an overall 'Glassdoor Job Score,' also out of a maximum of 5 points. 

According to the report, the best job to have in 2019 is Audit Manager, which scored highly across all three categories, with a job satisfaction rating of 4.5 out of 5, a median base salary of £52,000 and 1,124 job openings. 

 

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Here are the top 25 jobs in the UK for 2019:

 

1. Audit Manager

Job satisfaction: 4.5 / Median base salary: £52,000 / Job openings: 1,124

 

2. Finance Manager

Job satisfaction: 3.8 / Median base salary: £60,000 / Job openings: 2,001

 

3. Marketing Manager

Job satisfaction: 3.9 / Median base salary: £42,000 / Job openings: 1,966

 

4. Product Manager

Job satisfaction: 3.8 / Median base salary: £52,000 / Job openings: 1,697

 

5. Sales Manager

Job satisfaction: 3.8 / Median base salary: £42,000 / Job openings: 2,795

 

6. Risk Manager

Job satisfaction: 3.9 / Median base salary: £60,000 / Job openings: 1,111

 

7. Data Scientist

Job satisfaction: 4 / Median base salary: £46,000 / Job openings: 995

 

8. Operations Manager

Job satisfaction: 3.7 / Median base salary: £42,000 / Job openings: 2,226

 

9. Design Manager

Job satisfaction: 4.1 / Median base salary: £55,000 / Job openings: 719

 

10. Business Analyst

Job satisfaction: 3.7 / Median base salary: £40,000 / Job openings: 2,949

 

11. Front End Developer

12. Commercial Manager

13. Business Development Manager 

14. Project Manager

15. HR Manager

16. Contract Manager

17. Communications Manager

18. Software Engineer

19. Executive Assistant

20. HR Business Partner

21. Engagement Manager

22. Web Developer

23. Recruiter

24. Solutions Architect 

25. Software Developer