The UK oil and gas industry supports employment of approximately 450,000 throughout the country, either directly or indirectly, according to government figures, and employment is expected to rise over the next 20 years as the North Sea oil industry is overhauled. Positions expected to arise range from very high skilled, requiring university degrees, to support roles involving on the job training, both with wages that are ranked amongst the highest in the UK.
CareerBuilder.co.uk and Economic Modelling Specialists International (EMSI) have developed a list of Hot Jobs for Oil and Gas based on those occupations within ten industries related to oil and gas which showed the greatest increase between 2010 and 2013. The study uses EMSI's rich labour market database, which draws from a full range of Government sources including the Business Register Employment Survey and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
“The oil and gas industry has continued to add jobs through multiple recessions, as other industries struggled to keep their businesses open and their staffs intact,” said Tony Roy, President of CareerBuilder EMEA. “The good news here is not only will the UK oil and gas industry be adding jobs for many years to come, but the positions can be filled by a wide variety of the workforce -- from the highly skilled to support.”
The “hot jobs” for the UK oil and gas industry, including the increase in jobs within the sector between 2010 and 2013, and the median wages for this type of occupation, are:
1. Physicists, geologists and meteorologists
- 25% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £20.50
2. Financial managers and chartered secretaries
- 17% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £28.90
3. IT user support technicians
- 17% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £13.40
4. Managers in mining and energy
- 16% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £26.92
5. Purchasing Managers
- 15% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £22.71
6. Managers and proprietors in other services
- 12% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £15.88
7. Mechanical Engineers
- 6% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £20.65
8. Engineering technicians
- 3% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £15.64
These jobs and thousands more are available at CareerBuilder’s www.OilandGasJobsearch.com, the premier job site dedicated to professionals who work in the oil and gas industry.
“Over the last year, we have seen a significant increase in traffic to our site, by those seeking opportunities in the oil and gas field, a trend that we expect to continue into 2014,” said Duncan Freer, Managing Director for OilandGasJobSearch.com, a CareerBuilder Company. “UK job seekers are taking advantage of the many positive aspects of working in the oil and gas industry besides just high wages including flexible work hours, travel, and opportunities for career advancement.”
About EMSI
Economic Modelling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) is a CareerBuilder company that provides industry-leading employment data and economic analysis via web tools and custom reports. EMSI has produced more than 1,200 comprehensive impact analyses for colleges and universities in the US and internationally, and our web tools — Analyst and Career Coach — are used by thousands of professionals in higher education, workforce and economic development, and the private sector.
About CareerBuilder.co.uk
CareerBuilder UK is one of the most visited online job sites in the United Kingdom. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc (NYSE: GCI), Tribune Company, and The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI), CareerBuilder.co.uk powers the career centres for hundreds of UK sites that reach national, local, industry and niche audiences. CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit www.careerbuilder.co.uk.