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Annual Openings:
124
Current employment:
3432
Median Earnings:
£40,055.00
Educational requirements:
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Engineering Professional by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 8.67% |
25-34 years: | 33.39% |
35-44 years: | 19.61% |
45-54 years: | 22.57% |
55-64 years: | 13.62% |
65+ years: | 2.12% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Engineering Professional by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £25,917 |
25%: | £32,433 |
50%: | £40,055 |
75%: | £49,669 |
90%: | £60,552 |
Core tasks
- Provides technical consultancy services.
- Examines and advises on patent applications.
- Prepares sketches, drawings and specifications showing materials to be used, construction and finishing methods and other details.
- Devises and implements control systems to monitor operational efficiency and performance of system and materials.
- Designs new systems and equipment with regard to cost, market requirements and feasibility of manufacture.
- Establishes principles and techniques to improve the quality, durability and performance of materials such as textiles, glass, rubber, plastics, ceramics, metals and alloys.
- Researches into problem areas to advance basic knowledge, evaluate new theories and techniques and to solve specific problems.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Engineering Professional.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 1.22% |
Level 1: | 2.65% |
Level 2: | 11.94% |
Level 3: | 26.28% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 13.62% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 26.96% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 12.13% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 5.20% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Engineering Professional by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 3329 |
2023: | 3406 |
2024: | 3432 |
2025: | 3464 |
2026: | 3494 |
2027: | 3522 |
2028: | 3546 |
2029: | 3561 |
2030: | 3570 |
2031: | 3577 |
2032: | 3582 |
2033: | 3585 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Engineering Professional by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £14.6 |
25%: | £18.09 |
50%: | £21.53 |
75%: | £27.04 |
90%: | £32.66 |
Knowledge
Skills
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Engineering Professional.
Male | 88.56% |
Female | 11.43% |
Annual Openings:
61
Current employment:
1159
Median Earnings:
£30,739.00
Educational requirements:
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Conservation Professional by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 7.44% |
25-34 years: | 42.03% |
35-44 years: | 11.11% |
45-54 years: | 13.92% |
55-64 years: | 22.7% |
65+ years: | 2.78% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Conservation Professional by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £20,798 |
25%: | £23,956 |
50%: | £30,739 |
75%: | £38,122 |
90%: | £51,996 |
Core tasks
- Carries out research into aspects of the natural world.
- Prepares applications for funding to other organisations, and assessing applications for funding from other organisations.
- Promotes conservation issues via educational talks, displays, workshops and literature and liaison with the media.
- Maintains and develops knowledge in relevant policy areas within a national and European legislative context.
- Liaises with other groups in the selection and maintenance of the Protected Site System including Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), Ramsar sites, and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and National Nature Reserves (NNRs).
- Provides advice and information to government at national and local levels, clients, landowners, planners and developers to facilitate the protection of the natural environment.
- Implements, evaluates and monitors schemes for the management and protection of natural habitats.
- Carries out environmental impact assessments and field surveys.
- Promotes and implements local and national biodiversity action plans, particularly with regard to threatened species and habitats.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Conservation Professional.
Level | % |
Level 1: | 0.47% |
Level 2: | 3.43% |
Level 3: | 6.59% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 4.17% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 34.79% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 37.95% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 12.60% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Conservation Professional by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 984 |
2023: | 1131 |
2024: | 1159 |
2025: | 1189 |
2026: | 1213 |
2027: | 1234 |
2028: | 1252 |
2029: | 1263 |
2030: | 1271 |
2031: | 1276 |
2032: | 1279 |
2033: | 1282 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Conservation Professional by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.58 |
25%: | £13.55 |
50%: | £16.78 |
75%: | £19.33 |
90%: | £27.54 |
Knowledge
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Conservation Professional.
Male | 47.36% |
Female | 52.63% |
Annual Openings:
51
Current employment:
1381
Median Earnings:
£29,103.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Bricklayer by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 42.38% |
25-34 years: | 14.69% |
35-44 years: | 14.89% |
45-54 years: | 15.93% |
55-64 years: | 11.69% |
65+ years: | 0.4% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Bricklayer by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £17,177 |
25%: | £20,282 |
50%: | £29,103 |
75%: | £35,264 |
90%: | £41,618 |
Core tasks
- Uses hand and power tools to shape and trim bricks.
- Places, levels and aligns bricks in mortar bed and walls.
- Mixes and spreads mortar on foundations and bricks.
- Measures construction site and lays out the first lines of bricks to mark position of walls.
- Examines drawings, photographs and specifications to determine job requirements.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Bricklayer.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 7.80% |
Level 1: | 12.48% |
Level 2: | 13.84% |
Level 3: | 56.74% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 6.76% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 1.87% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 0.52% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Bricklayer by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 1339 |
2023: | 1387 |
2024: | 1381 |
2025: | 1386 |
2026: | 1392 |
2027: | 1397 |
2028: | 1403 |
2029: | 1406 |
2030: | 1408 |
2031: | 1410 |
2032: | 1411 |
2033: | 1411 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Bricklayer by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £9.71 |
25%: | £11.15 |
50%: | £13.05 |
75%: | £16.42 |
90%: | £18.14 |
Knowledge
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
Skills
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Bricklayer.
Male | 99.92% |
Female | 0.07% |
Annual Openings:
153
Current employment:
3200
Median Earnings:
£40,620.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Construction or Building Trade by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 7.93% |
25-34 years: | 21.26% |
35-44 years: | 24.81% |
45-54 years: | 18.87% |
55-64 years: | 23.22% |
65+ years: | 3.87% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Construction or Building Trade by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £21,993 |
25%: | £31,989 |
50%: | £40,620 |
75%: | £53,245 |
90%: | £58,087 |
Core tasks
- Checks and puts on diving suit and equipment and descends underwater to carry out construction, maintenance and repair tasks on sites such as oil rigs, harbours, bridges etc.
- Erects and repairs fencing.
- Maintains and repairs steeples, industrial chimneys and other high structures, and installs and replaces lightning conductors.
- Installs plumbing fixtures, woodwork structures and fittings, and sets glass in frames.
- Pours and levels concrete, prepares surfaces for painting and plastering, and mixes and applies plaster and paint.
- Lays bricks, tiles and building blocks to construct, repair and decorate buildings.
- Selects, measures and cuts steel bars, rods and wire to required lengths, positions and fixes reinforcements into position and tensions as required using hydraulic jacks.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Construction or Building Trade.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 11.92% |
Level 1: | 13.84% |
Level 2: | 20.77% |
Level 3: | 31.39% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 8.10% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 11.28% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 2.71% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Construction or Building Trade by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2785 |
2023: | 3138 |
2024: | 3200 |
2025: | 3281 |
2026: | 3351 |
2027: | 3412 |
2028: | 3467 |
2029: | 3500 |
2030: | 3521 |
2031: | 3537 |
2032: | 3547 |
2033: | 3555 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Construction or Building Trade by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £14.32 |
25%: | £16.18 |
50%: | £19.48 |
75%: | £23.97 |
90%: | £26.23 |
Knowledge
Skills
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Construction or Building Trade.
Male | 96.56% |
Female | 3.43% |
Annual Openings:
36
Current employment:
833
Median Earnings:
£31,179.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Plasterer by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 20.07% |
25-34 years: | 35.41% |
35-44 years: | 14.74% |
45-54 years: | 15.02% |
55-64 years: | 11.78% |
65+ years: | 2.94% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Plasterer by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £16,470 |
25%: | £24,705 |
50%: | £31,179 |
75%: | £35,840 |
90%: | £45,456 |
Core tasks
- Checks surface level using line, spirit level and straight edge.
- Covers and seals joints between boards and finishes surface.
- Measures, cuts, installs and secures plaster board and/or ornamental plasterwork to walls and ceilings.
- Pours liquid plaster into mould to cast ornamental plaster work.
- Applies and smooths one or more coats of plaster and produces a finished surface, using hand tools or mechanical spray.
- Mixes, or directs the mixing of, plaster to desired consistency.
- Selects appropriate plasterboard or dry lining panels, cuts them to required size and fixes them to ceilings and walls.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Plasterer.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 16.55% |
Level 1: | 11.54% |
Level 2: | 30.41% |
Level 3: | 39.60% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 0.22% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 1.68% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Plasterer by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 787 |
2023: | 830 |
2024: | 833 |
2025: | 838 |
2026: | 842 |
2027: | 843 |
2028: | 844 |
2029: | 845 |
2030: | 846 |
2031: | 846 |
2032: | 847 |
2033: | 847 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Plasterer by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.91 |
25%: | £14.16 |
50%: | £15.89 |
75%: | £18.32 |
90%: | £22.21 |
Knowledge
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Skills
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Plasterer.
Male | 99.39% |
Female | 0.6% |
Annual Openings:
350
Current employment:
5954
Median Earnings:
£31,730.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Plumber or Heating or Ventilating Installer or Repairer by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 18.83% |
25-34 years: | 26.9% |
35-44 years: | 23.86% |
45-54 years: | 12.49% |
55-64 years: | 15.78% |
65+ years: | 2.11% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Plumber or Heating or Ventilating Installer or Repairer by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £18,475 |
25%: | £25,085 |
50%: | £31,730 |
75%: | £37,070 |
90%: | £47,106 |
Core tasks
- Repairs burst pipes and mechanical and combustion faults and replaces faulty taps, washers, valves, etc.
- Attaches fittings and joins piping by welding, soldering, cementing, fusing, screwing or other methods.
- Tests completed installation for leaks and makes any necessary adjustments.
- Installs fittings such as storage tanks, cookers, baths, toilets, taps and valves, refrigerators, boilers, heat pumps, radiators and fires.
- Measures and cuts required lengths of copper, lead, steel, iron, aluminium or plastic using hand or machine tools.
- Examines drawings and specifications to determine layout of system.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Plumber or Heating or Ventilating Installer or Repairer.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 3.09% |
Level 1: | 7.12% |
Level 2: | 18.77% |
Level 3: | 61.69% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 4.22% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 4.78% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 0.34% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Plumber or Heating or Ventilating Installer or Repairer by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 5131 |
2023: | 5737 |
2024: | 5954 |
2025: | 6170 |
2026: | 6340 |
2027: | 6481 |
2028: | 6601 |
2029: | 6674 |
2030: | 6724 |
2031: | 6758 |
2032: | 6782 |
2033: | 6799 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Plumber or Heating or Ventilating Installer or Repairer by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.5 |
25%: | £14.16 |
50%: | £17.87 |
75%: | £19.57 |
90%: | £23.53 |
Knowledge
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Plumber or Heating or Ventilating Installer or Repairer.
Male | 98.08% |
Female | 1.91% |
Annual Openings:
101
Current employment:
2992
Median Earnings:
£20,666.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Cook by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 13.45% |
25-34 years: | 8.93% |
35-44 years: | 15.69% |
45-54 years: | 30.46% |
55-64 years: | 28.51% |
65+ years: | 2.92% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Cook by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £8,866 |
25%: | £11,542 |
50%: | £20,666 |
75%: | £23,805 |
90%: | £27,981 |
Core tasks
- Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
- Cooks and sells a range of meals, such as fish and chips, over the counter.
- Plans meals, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs.
- Requisitions or purchases foodstuffs and checks quality.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Cook.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 14.88% |
Level 1: | 15.73% |
Level 2: | 40.09% |
Level 3: | 22.96% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 3.60% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 2.75% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Cook by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2898 |
2023: | 2968 |
2024: | 2992 |
2025: | 3011 |
2026: | 3028 |
2027: | 3043 |
2028: | 3056 |
2029: | 3064 |
2030: | 3070 |
2031: | 3073 |
2032: | 3076 |
2033: | 3078 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Cook by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.24 |
25%: | £11.4 |
50%: | £12.12 |
75%: | £13.57 |
90%: | £16.39 |
Knowledge
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
Skills
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Cook.
Male | 26.26% |
Female | 73.73% |
Annual Openings:
441
Current employment:
11388
Median Earnings:
£23,530.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Chef by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 13.38% |
25-34 years: | 27.18% |
35-44 years: | 26.55% |
45-54 years: | 19.92% |
55-64 years: | 11.9% |
65+ years: | 1.04% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Chef by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £9,066 |
25%: | £14,868 |
50%: | £23,530 |
75%: | £28,323 |
90%: | £34,508 |
Core tasks
- Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
- Ensures relevant hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained within the kitchen.
- Supervises, organises and instructs kitchen staff and manages the whole kitchen or an area of the kitchen.
- Plans menus, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs or oversees their preparation and monitors the quality of finished dishes.
- Requisitions or purchases and examines foodstuffs from suppliers to ensure quality.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Chef.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 8.87% |
Level 1: | 16.04% |
Level 2: | 22.87% |
Level 3: | 31.10% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 7.95% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 12.66% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 0.52% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Chef by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 10792 |
2023: | 11207 |
2024: | 11388 |
2025: | 11539 |
2026: | 11651 |
2027: | 11739 |
2028: | 11812 |
2029: | 11857 |
2030: | 11888 |
2031: | 11910 |
2032: | 11925 |
2033: | 11936 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Chef by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £10.55 |
25%: | £10.81 |
50%: | £12.1 |
75%: | £13.99 |
90%: | £16.65 |
Knowledge
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
Skills
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Chef.
Male | 73.04% |
Female | 26.95% |
Annual Openings:
176
Current employment:
4093
Median Earnings:
£21,332.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Early Education or Childcare Assistant by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 26.27% |
25-34 years: | 30.5% |
35-44 years: | 20.74% |
45-54 years: | 13.95% |
55-64 years: | 7.42% |
65+ years: | 1.09% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Early Education or Childcare Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £9,024 |
25%: | £14,871 |
50%: | £21,332 |
75%: | £27,291 |
90%: | £31,847 |
Core tasks
- Communicates with parents and colleagues on children’s development and well-being.
- Reads stories, organises counting games to help develop language and number skills.
- Plans and organises games and other activities and supervises children’s play.
- Supervises young children at mealtimes.
- Baths, dresses, prepares feed for and feeds babies, changes babies clothing whenever necessary.
- May work under the supervision of more experienced practitioners.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Early Education or Childcare Assistant.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 0.74% |
Level 1: | 4.55% |
Level 2: | 17.30% |
Level 3: | 45.87% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 11.69% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 16.64% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 3.20% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Early Education or Childcare Assistant by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 4056 |
2023: | 4029 |
2024: | 4093 |
2025: | 4122 |
2026: | 4145 |
2027: | 4164 |
2028: | 4181 |
2029: | 4191 |
2030: | 4198 |
2031: | 4202 |
2032: | 4206 |
2033: | 4208 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Early Education or Childcare Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £12.1 |
25%: | £12.27 |
50%: | £13.44 |
75%: | £15.03 |
90%: | £18.08 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Skills
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Early Education or Childcare Assistant.
Male | 3.62% |
Female | 96.37% |
Annual Openings:
96
Current employment:
2597
Median Earnings:
£19,202.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Teaching Assistant by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 9.36% |
25-34 years: | 15.2% |
35-44 years: | 19.94% |
45-54 years: | 29.89% |
55-64 years: | 22.9% |
65+ years: | 2.68% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Teaching Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £9,904 |
25%: | £14,669 |
50%: | £19,202 |
75%: | £23,036 |
90%: | £27,234 |
Core tasks
- Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
- Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
- Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
- Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
- Looks after lesson materials such as paper, pencils and crayons.
- Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Teaching Assistant.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 3.17% |
Level 1: | 2.37% |
Level 2: | 23.03% |
Level 3: | 28.81% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 12.53% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 24.53% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 3.94% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 1.63% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Teaching Assistant by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2599 |
2023: | 2585 |
2024: | 2597 |
2025: | 2602 |
2026: | 2606 |
2027: | 2610 |
2028: | 2613 |
2029: | 2615 |
2030: | 2616 |
2031: | 2617 |
2032: | 2618 |
2033: | 2618 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Teaching Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.5 |
25%: | £12.02 |
50%: | £13.04 |
75%: | £14.54 |
90%: | £17.38 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Skills
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Teaching Assistant.
Male | 9.04% |
Female | 90.95% |
Annual Openings:
125
Current employment:
2611
Median Earnings:
£11,930.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Sports or Leisure Assistant by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 50.11% |
25-34 years: | 23.07% |
35-44 years: | 12.37% |
45-54 years: | 6.82% |
55-64 years: | 3.88% |
65+ years: | 3.71% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Sports or Leisure Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £3,895 |
25%: | £6,363 |
50%: | £11,930 |
75%: | £19,262 |
90%: | £28,110 |
Core tasks
- Provides support in production and broadcasting operations, such as helping set up and maintain the set, running errands, moving equipment, looking after guests, and transporting crew and cast between locations.
- Controls the progress of games of cards, roulette and other gambling activities according to established rules.
- Assesses likely outcome of an event and establishes odds, accepts and records bets, issues receipts and pays out on winning bets.
- Announces acts, makes introductions, proposes toasts and maintains the continuity of entertainment events and social functions.
- Carries clubs for golfers, advises on the layout and distance of golf courses and appropriate choice of golf club.
- Maintains hygienic operation of swimming pools and associated facilities such as hot tubs, showers and changing areas.
- Work in teams patrolling popular stretches of the coast, advising people when and where they can swim safely and making rescues when necessary.
- Supervises the use of swimming pools, gymnasium apparatus, fitness machines and other recreational equipment.
- Maintains sports and leisure equipment and prepares equipment for use.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Sports or Leisure Assistant.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 2.82% |
Level 1: | 0.94% |
Level 2: | 29.35% |
Level 3: | 31.17% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 9.70% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 18.19% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 7.83% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Sports or Leisure Assistant by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2253 |
2023: | 2551 |
2024: | 2611 |
2025: | 2659 |
2026: | 2703 |
2027: | 2742 |
2028: | 2777 |
2029: | 2798 |
2030: | 2811 |
2031: | 2821 |
2032: | 2828 |
2033: | 2832 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Sports or Leisure Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £9.93 |
25%: | £10.93 |
50%: | £11.77 |
75%: | £12.77 |
90%: | £14.8 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
Skills
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Sports or Leisure Assistant.
Male | 51.53% |
Female | 48.46% |
Annual Openings:
138
Current employment:
2449
Median Earnings:
£12,041.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Animal Care Services Occupation by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 29.43% |
25-34 years: | 34.29% |
35-44 years: | 11.87% |
45-54 years: | 13.65% |
55-64 years: | 9.52% |
65+ years: | 1.21% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Animal Care Services Occupation by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £5,339 |
25%: | £7,797 |
50%: | £12,041 |
75%: | £14,062 |
90%: | £19,581 |
Core tasks
- Work alongside veterinary surgeons and nurses to provide vital nursing care to ensure the wellbeing of animal patients.
- Patrols public areas to search for and capture stray or nuisance dogs, and transports captured animals to kennels.
- Meets prospective owners and advises on animal selection and animal care.
- Checks animals for illness, treats minor ailments or calls for vet if further treatment is required.
- Houses, feeds, exercises, trains, grooms horses, dogs and other animals in preparation for entry to shows, races and other events.
- Cleans animals’ quarters and renews bedding as necessary.
- Feeds, washes, grooms, trims and exercises animals.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Animal Care Services Occupation.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 5.13% |
Level 1: | 3.91% |
Level 2: | 26.05% |
Level 3: | 29.71% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 10.69% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 21.20% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 3.31% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Animal Care Services Occupation by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2129 |
2023: | 2447 |
2024: | 2449 |
2025: | 2518 |
2026: | 2574 |
2027: | 2623 |
2028: | 2665 |
2029: | 2690 |
2030: | 2707 |
2031: | 2718 |
2032: | 2727 |
2033: | 2732 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Animal Care Services Occupation by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £8.52 |
25%: | £10.55 |
50%: | £11.44 |
75%: | £12.41 |
90%: | £15.98 |
Knowledge
Skills
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Animal Care Services Occupation.
Male | 12.26% |
Female | 87.73% |
Annual Openings:
189
Current employment:
3726
Median Earnings:
£14,175.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Hairdresser or Barber by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 29.31% |
25-34 years: | 31.5% |
35-44 years: | 19.09% |
45-54 years: | 12.1% |
55-64 years: | 6.45% |
65+ years: | 1.51% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Hairdresser or Barber by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £7,547 |
25%: | £9,241 |
50%: | £14,175 |
75%: | £20,375 |
90%: | £24,201 |
Core tasks
- Demonstrates, sells and recommends hair care products to clients and advises them on hair care.
- Ensures hair products are stored and used appropriately and observes relevant health and safety factors.
- Maintains client records and keeps up-to-date with new products, styles and techniques.
- Collects payment, arranges appointments and cleans and tidies salon.
- Shaves and trims beards and moustaches.
- Combs, brushes, blow-dries or sets wet hair in rollers to style or straighten.
- Cuts and trims hair using scissors, clippers, razor and comb.
- Washes, conditions, bleaches, tints or dyes hair and provides any necessary basic scalp treatments.
- Discusses customer requirements, analyses hair condition and other relevant features to define and advise on hair style.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Hairdresser or Barber.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 3.26% |
Level 1: | 8.59% |
Level 2: | 21.33% |
Level 3: | 57.14% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 5.89% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 2.80% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 1.00% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Hairdresser or Barber by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2986 |
2023: | 3800 |
2024: | 3726 |
2025: | 3839 |
2026: | 3942 |
2027: | 4034 |
2028: | 4117 |
2029: | 4167 |
2030: | 4199 |
2031: | 4222 |
2032: | 4237 |
2033: | 4249 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Hairdresser or Barber by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £10.97 |
25%: | £11.35 |
50%: | £11.6 |
75%: | £12.58 |
90%: | £14.57 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
Skills
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Hairdresser or Barber.
Male | 13.42% |
Female | 86.57% |
Annual Openings:
102
Current employment:
2062
Median Earnings:
£13,436.00
Educational requirements:
Level 3 NVQ
A Levels
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Beautician or Related Occupation by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 22.15% |
25-34 years: | 43.97% |
35-44 years: | 18.72% |
45-54 years: | 9.59% |
55-64 years: | 5.03% |
65+ years: | 0.52% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Beautician or Related Occupation by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £6,749 |
25%: | £8,830 |
50%: | £13,436 |
75%: | £18,038 |
90%: | £22,938 |
Core tasks
- Applies make-up to hide blemishes or enhance facial features and advises clients on skin care and make-up techniques.
- Maintains client records, sells and advises on cosmetic products and services, and ensures appropriate health and safety issues are addressed..
- Advises clients on diet and exercise to assist in weight loss and slimming.
- Recognises problems and refers clients to medical practitioners if appropriate.
- Performs specialist treatments for conditions such as acne, applies skin rejuvenation therapies.
- Cleans, shapes and polishes finger and toe nails, applies nail extensions.
- Uses waxing, threading, sugaring and other epilation techniques to remove any unwanted body hair.
- Massages scalp, face and other parts of the body and carries out spray tanning.
- Discusses clients requirements, analyses and advises client on appropriate skin care, and applies treatments to the face or body.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Beautician or Related Occupation.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 2.64% |
Level 1: | 7.06% |
Level 2: | 23.88% |
Level 3: | 37.89% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 12.59% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 14.48% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 0.63% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 0.83% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Beautician or Related Occupation by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 1703 |
2023: | 2095 |
2024: | 2062 |
2025: | 2123 |
2026: | 2177 |
2027: | 2225 |
2028: | 2268 |
2029: | 2294 |
2030: | 2311 |
2031: | 2323 |
2032: | 2331 |
2033: | 2337 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Beautician or Related Occupation by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £10.52 |
25%: | £10.63 |
50%: | £12.14 |
75%: | £12.85 |
90%: | £15.26 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Skills
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Beautician or Related Occupation.
Male | 6.91% |
Female | 93.08% |
Annual Openings:
82
Current employment:
1993
Median Earnings:
£18,046.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Housekeeper or Related Occupation by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 11.88% |
25-34 years: | 7.36% |
35-44 years: | 17.62% |
45-54 years: | 21.4% |
55-64 years: | 35.19% |
65+ years: | 6.53% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Housekeeper or Related Occupation by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £6,753 |
25%: | £11,239 |
50%: | £18,046 |
75%: | £24,820 |
90%: | £27,743 |
Core tasks
- Assists employer in washing, dressing, packing and other personal activities.
- Performs a variety of domestic tasks including food preparation and service, cleaning and laundry.
- Maintains household records.
- Controls the purchase and storing of food, cleaning materials, linen and other household supplies.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Housekeeper or Related Occupation.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 20.61% |
Level 1: | 7.24% |
Level 2: | 32.09% |
Level 3: | 17.40% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 6.11% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 11.68% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 4.87% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Housekeeper or Related Occupation by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 1856 |
2023: | 1951 |
2024: | 1993 |
2025: | 2015 |
2026: | 2032 |
2027: | 2047 |
2028: | 2060 |
2029: | 2068 |
2030: | 2073 |
2031: | 2077 |
2032: | 2079 |
2033: | 2081 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Housekeeper or Related Occupation by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.53 |
25%: | £11.58 |
50%: | £12.1 |
75%: | £13.46 |
90%: | £15.72 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
Skills
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Housekeeper or Related Occupation.
Male | 14.55% |
Female | 85.44% |
Annual Openings:
1137
Current employment:
42787
Median Earnings:
£13,374.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Sales or Retail Assistant by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 40.76% |
25-34 years: | 18.8% |
35-44 years: | 10.95% |
45-54 years: | 12.77% |
55-64 years: | 13.57% |
65+ years: | 3.11% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Sales or Retail Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £5,420 |
25%: | £8,808 |
50%: | £13,374 |
75%: | £20,150 |
90%: | £26,277 |
Core tasks
- Handles returns and deals with customer complaints.
- Arranges and replenishes goods on display stands, undertakes stock checks and assists with the receipt of deliveries from suppliers into the stock room.
- Receives full or partial payment, checks validity of form of payment, writes or prints bill, receipt or docket and packages merchandise for customer.
- Advises customer making major purchase on credit terms and arranges finance as appropriate.
- Advises customer on selection, purchase, use and care of merchandise and quotes prices, discounts and delivery times.
- Discusses customer requirements, including type and price range of goods/services desired.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Sales or Retail Assistant.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 7.22% |
Level 1: | 8.74% |
Level 2: | 33.69% |
Level 3: | 30.04% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 6.49% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 12.39% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 1.43% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Sales or Retail Assistant by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 44310 |
2023: | 43225 |
2024: | 42787 |
2025: | 42651 |
2026: | 42574 |
2027: | 42528 |
2028: | 42499 |
2029: | 42475 |
2030: | 42463 |
2031: | 42454 |
2032: | 42448 |
2033: | 42444 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Sales or Retail Assistant by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £10.53 |
25%: | £11.18 |
50%: | £11.87 |
75%: | £12.91 |
90%: | £14.8 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Skills
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Sales or Retail Assistant.
Male | 34.72% |
Female | 65.27% |
Annual Openings:
84
Current employment:
2150
Median Earnings:
£27,809.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Construction Operative by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 12.31% |
25-34 years: | 19.81% |
35-44 years: | 16.1% |
45-54 years: | 17.34% |
55-64 years: | 27.48% |
65+ years: | 6.93% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Construction Operative by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £12,977 |
25%: | £22,118 |
50%: | £27,809 |
75%: | £34,470 |
90%: | £42,236 |
Core tasks
- Installs electrical lighting in streets, homes and business/manufacturing settings.
- Tests joints with electronic test equipment or by filling piping with water, smoke or compressed air.
- Joints pipe by sealing with rubber, cement, lead, etc., connects piping to manholes and attaches pipe junctions as required.
- Selects appropriate asbestos, clay, concrete, plastic or metal pipe sections and lowers them into prepared trenches using hoisting equipment.
- Cuts, shapes and fits wood, lays bricks and tiles, cleans exterior surfaces of buildings and resurfaces eroded stone or brickwork, and performs other tasks in the construction, alteration, repair and demolition of buildings.
- Fills machine with insulating mixture, positions hose, drills access hole and fills cavities or coats surfaces to prevent loss or absorption of heat and provide fire protections.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Construction Operative.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 14.06% |
Level 1: | 16.07% |
Level 2: | 29.55% |
Level 3: | 27.09% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 7.92% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 4.18% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 1.14% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Construction Operative by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 2102 |
2023: | 2112 |
2024: | 2150 |
2025: | 2176 |
2026: | 2200 |
2027: | 2222 |
2028: | 2241 |
2029: | 2253 |
2030: | 2261 |
2031: | 2267 |
2032: | 2272 |
2033: | 2275 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Construction Operative by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.07 |
25%: | £12.03 |
50%: | £13.69 |
75%: | £15.89 |
90%: | £18.86 |
Knowledge
Skills
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Construction Operative.
Male | 96.48% |
Female | 3.51% |
Annual Openings:
43
Current employment:
725
Median Earnings:
£35,969.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Groundworker by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 20.81% |
25-34 years: | 23.1% |
35-44 years: | 10.9% |
45-54 years: | 21.47% |
55-64 years: | 21.86% |
65+ years: | 1.84% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Groundworker by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £24,719 |
25%: | £28,600 |
50%: | £35,969 |
75%: | £41,380 |
90%: | £52,923 |
Core tasks
- Builds paths, roads, kerbs and footpaths, using flagstones, paving and tarmac.
- Installs drainage and pipes and redirects waterways away from site.
- Prepares site and lays concrete for shallow foundations and fabricates steel cages.
- Mark out site area set up the construction site.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Groundworker.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 12.15% |
Level 1: | 14.34% |
Level 2: | 36.02% |
Level 3: | 22.64% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 8.58% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 5.11% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 1.15% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Groundworker by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 672 |
2023: | 712 |
2024: | 725 |
2025: | 734 |
2026: | 742 |
2027: | 749 |
2028: | 755 |
2029: | 759 |
2030: | 762 |
2031: | 764 |
2032: | 765 |
2033: | 766 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Groundworker by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £11.2 |
25%: | £13.11 |
50%: | £15.64 |
75%: | £17.36 |
90%: | £22.25 |
Knowledge
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Groundworker.
Male | 99.28% |
Female | 0.71% |
Annual Openings:
13
Current employment:
308
Median Earnings:
£22,245.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Forestry Worker by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 40.95% |
25-34 years: | 10.89% |
35-44 years: | 9.34% |
45-54 years: | 23.59% |
55-64 years: | 12.66% |
65+ years: | 2.54% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Forestry Worker by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £10,444 |
25%: | £15,106 |
50%: | £22,245 |
75%: | £27,667 |
90%: | £33,171 |
Core tasks
- Monitors and patrols forests and parks to maintain grounds and prevent unauthorised entry.
- Operates machinery used in the cultivation and management of trees.
- Maintains watch for fires and operates firefighting equipment.
- Builds and maintains forest roads.
- Assists in the control of harmful diseases, pests or forms of wildlife.
- Cuts coppice, removes tops of standing trees and lops branches as necessary.
- Fells trees using axe or power saw and saws wood into required lengths.
- Collects seeds, plants and prunes trees and selects and marks trees for felling.
- Drains and ploughs land and erects and maintains fences as necessary.
- Prepares ground for planting by clearing vegetation and other debris.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Forestry Worker.
Level | % |
Level 1: | 15.38% |
Level 2: | 29.58% |
Level 3: | 12.34% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 11.25% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 31.45% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Forestry Worker by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 412 |
2023: | 315 |
2024: | 308 |
2025: | 296 |
2026: | 289 |
2027: | 285 |
2028: | 282 |
2029: | 280 |
2030: | 278 |
2031: | 277 |
2032: | 277 |
2033: | 276 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Forestry Worker by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £12.64 |
25%: | £13.05 |
50%: | £14.1 |
75%: | £15.66 |
90%: | £18.94 |
Knowledge
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Skills
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Forestry Worker.
Male | 81.23% |
Female | 18.76% |
Annual Openings:
527
Current employment:
14126
Median Earnings:
£7,722.00
Educational requirements:
Level 2 NVQ
GCSE at grades A*-C
Age demographics
The graph shows the distribution of people in Waiter or Waitress by age group.
Age group | % |
16-24 years: | 63.76% |
25-34 years: | 18.24% |
35-44 years: | 7.5% |
45-54 years: | 6.02% |
55-64 years: | 3.68% |
65+ years: | 0.77% |
Annual earnings
The graph shows the annual earnings of people in Waiter or Waitress by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £1,339 |
25%: | £3,217 |
50%: | £7,722 |
75%: | £13,943 |
90%: | £22,113 |
Core tasks
- Presents bill and accepts payment at end of the meal.
- Serves food and drinks.
- Takes down orders for food and/or drinks and passes order to kitchen and/or bar.
- Presents menus and wine lists to patrons and may describe dishes and advise on selection of food or wines.
- Sets tables with clean linen, cutlery, crockery and glassware.
Education Attainment Levels
The graph shows the education level of people in Waiter or Waitress.
Level | % |
Level 0: | 4.55% |
Level 1: | 6.84% |
Level 2: | 38.53% |
Level 3: | 28.97% |
Level 4-5 (Higher Education): | 4.86% |
Level 6 (Bachelors): | 15.45% |
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent): | 0.59% |
Level 8 (Doctorate): | 0.21% |
Employment numbers by year
The graph shows the employment numbers in Waiter or Waitress by year.
Year | Employment |
2022: | 13366 |
2023: | 13912 |
2024: | 14126 |
2025: | 14311 |
2026: | 14451 |
2027: | 14563 |
2028: | 14656 |
2029: | 14714 |
2030: | 14753 |
2031: | 14780 |
2032: | 14799 |
2033: | 14813 |
Hourly earnings
The graph shows the hourly earnings of people in Waiter or Waitress by amount.
Percentile | Earnings £ |
10%: | £8.02 |
25%: | £9.63 |
50%: | £11.43 |
75%: | £12.27 |
90%: | £14.03 |
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Food Production: Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
- Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
- Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
- Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Clerical: Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Philosophy and Theology: Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Foreign Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
- Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
- Geography: Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- History and Archaeology: Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
- Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Fine Arts: Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
- Physics: Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Skills
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Workforce demographics
The graph shows the male/ female split in Waiter or Waitress.
Male | 23.44% |
Female | 76.55% |



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