PROJECT managers and architect are top of the list of best jobs that are hiring – and they pay up to £71,000 a year, according to Glassdoor.

Product manager roles pay £60,221 per year, and have a satisfaction rating of 4.1 out of five, according to the jobs listing website.

Product manager roles are the top jobs to apply for in 2021Credit: Alamy

In second place is a job as an “enterprise architect” which pays £71,392 on average and also has a job satisfaction rating of 4.0. This was by far the best paid job in the top 25.

The third best job role was as a dentist. This pays £55,500 but has a slightly lower job satisfaction of 4.0 out of five.

The job with the highest overall satisfaction was “full stack engineer”, which scored 4.5 out of five for satisfaction.

Ten of the 25 jobs are new this year, mostly tech roles such as: mobile engineer, cloud engineer and front end engineer. In fact, 12 out of the 25 top jobs were technology based.

It’s important to note that many of the jobs require qualifications so you might want to consider doing a course if you’re changing track.

The jobs were ranked according to three criteria: mean base salary, vacancies and job satisfaction.

Glassdoor, which carried out the research, carries millions of job listings as well as information about salary levels, employee reviews and job satisfaction scores.

You can browse job openings and find out more about prospective employers here.

Here’s the top 25 list of jobs in full:

1. Product Manager

Salary: £60,221
Number of vacancies: 1,946
Job satisfaction rating: 4.1

The product manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the lifecycle of a product.

This includes gathering and prioritising product and customer requirements, defining the vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.

2. Enterprise Architect

Salary: £71,392
Number of vacancies: 1,517
Job satisfaction rating: 4.1

An enterprise architect is responsible for the entire infrastructure of a company’s IT platform.

A few of the main duties of an enterprise architect are designing processes, documenting essential IT procedures, tracking project progress, and maintaining a security focus.

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3. Dentist

Salary: £55,500
Number of vacancies: 1,721
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

Dentists diagnose and treat dental issues and help patients develop better oral hygiene.

4. Full Stack Engineer

Salary: £45,000
Number of vacancies: 1,264
Job satisfaction rating: 4.4

The full stack engineer job description includes using a range of different technologies and languages (such as Java, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, C#) to develop applications.

5. Sales Manager

Salary: £50,000
Number of vacancies: 2,268
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

Sales managers lead a sales team by providing guidance, training and mentorship, setting sales quotas and goals, creating sales plans, analysing data, assigning sales territories and building their team.

6. Mobile Engineer

Salary: £50,602
Number of vacancies: 960
Job satisfaction rating: 4.2

Mobile developers are a type of software developer. They specialise in mobile technology such as building apps for Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone platforms.

Top 15 CV faux pas

THESE are the top 15 CV faux pas that you want to avoid when applying for a job:

Telling lies
Spelling errors
Including a selfie as a picture
Having a rude or inappropriate email address
Making spelling, punctuation or grammar mistakes
Using clichés such as ‘always go the extra mile’
No contact details
Getting a company’s name wrong
Suspiciously long gaps between jobs
Going across more than two pages of A4
CVs which aren’t CVs, such as a website or blog instead of a printed CV
Layouts which are hard to understand/read
Having hobbies which don’t constitute as hobbies such as ‘hanging out with friends’
Using big fonts or strange layouts to make the CV look longer than it is
Including part-time jobs which are no longer relevant

7. Tax Manager

Salary: £58,000
Number of vacancies: 973
Job satisfaction rating: 4.1

Tax managers are primarily responsible for accurately preparing and filing tax documents.

In addition, tax managers develop strategies and policies that help the client or business comply with tax laws and regulations

8. Cloud Engineer

Salary: £55,000
Number of vacancies: 729
Job satisfaction rating: 4.2

Cloud engineers are IT professionals who design, implement, and manage cloud-based systems for businesses.

9. Commercial Manager

Salary: £56,206
Number of vacancies: 805
Job satisfaction rating: 4.1

A commercial manager is responsible for teams working to win new business, to explore new avenues of activity and to seek out opportunities in order to help the company develop and grow.

Tools to use to help you write your CV

HERE are some tools and apps that can help you put together your CV:

Resume app: If you struggle formatting your CV, you can choose from 21 templates in the Resume app to help you. And once you’ve put it together, you can export it as a PDF directly to your email. Resume is free to download and use, but has additonal premimum options that you can pay for.
Grammarly: It’s important to get your spelling and grammar accurate, so run your CV through a tool such as Grammarly to check for any errors. It’s free to download straight to your desktop.
Vizualize.me: If you’ve got an exisiting LinkedIn account, Vizualize.me takes the data and turns it into a timeline of your employment history and a breakdown of your skills. The free tool has six different themes so it’s a good option to make your CV look visually appealing as well.
VisualCV: As well as making your CV look eye catching, VisualCV also makes sure it can be read by electronic systems that some recruiters use to filter CVs. It’s also free to sign up for.

10. Business Development Manager

Salary: £45,542
Number of vacancies: 3,178
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

Business development managers are concerned with improving and growing a business, by establishing and developing relationships with customers, suppliers and other partners.

11. HR Business Partner

Salary: £50,602
Number of vacancies: 702
Job satisfaction rating: 4.2

HR business partners provide advice on best practices to maximise employee efficiencies. They champion a diverse workforce and foster a culture of continuous improvement through performance management.

12. Program Manager

Salary: £62,747
Number of vacancies: 1,167
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

A program manager organises programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organisation.

13. Risk Manager

Salary: £68,577
Number of vacancies: 859
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

As a risk manager, you are in charge of determining financial, safety and security risks for a company or organisation, and you find ways to reduce those risks through planning and problem-solving.

14. HR Manager

Salary: £60,184
Number of vacancies: 522
Job satisfaction rating: 4.3

An HR manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating the various services, policies, and programs of an organisation’s HR department.

15. Customer Success Manager

Salary: £41,000
Number of vacancies: 858
Job satisfaction rating: 4.3

A customer success manager seeks to develop a positive customer experience. This is a mid-level management level position in the customer service department.

What are my redundancy rights?

BEFORE making you unemployed, your employer should still carry out a fair redundancy process.

You are entitled to be consulted on the redundancy lay-off first and to receive a statutory redundancy payment, as long as you’ve been working somewhere for at least two years.

How much you’re entitled to depends on your age and length of service, although this is capped at 20 years. You’ll get:

Half a week’s pay for each full year you were under 22,
One week’s pay for each full year you were 22 or older, but under 41,
One and half week’s pay for each full year you were 41 or older.

Sadly, you won’t be entitled to a payout if you’ve been working for your employer for fewer than two years.

There should be a period of collective consultation as well as time for individual ones if your employer wants to make 20 or more employees redundant within 90 days or each other.

You are also entitled to appeal the decision by claiming unfair dismissal within three months of being let go.

16. Devops Engineer

Salary: £50,184
Number of vacancies: 2,040
Job satisfaction rating: 3.9

A devops engineer works with various departments to create and develop systems within a company. From creating and implementing systems software to analysing data to improve existing ones, a devops engineer increases productivity in the workplace.

17. Data Scientist

Salary: £45,542
Number of vacancies: 934
Job satisfaction rating: 4.1

Data scientists utilise their analytical, statistical, and programming skills to collect, analyse, and interpret large data sets. They then use this information to develop data-driven solutions to difficult business challenges.

18. Information Security Engineer

Salary: £50,276
Number of vacancies: 677
Job satisfaction rating: 4.1

Security engineers help ensure the safety of their client’s networks, protecting them from any digital threats they might encounter.

19. Front End Engineer

Salary: £40,741
Number of vacancies: 1,935
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

Front-end engineers, at their most basic level, are developers who write code that runs on the user’s browser.

20. Data Engineer

Salary: £45,000
Number of vacancies: 1,175
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

Data engineers are mainly tasked with transforming data into a format that can be easily analysed.

21. Delivery Manager

Salary: £57,315
Number of vacancies: 813
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

The term delivery manager is used to describe an essential set of skills on an agile team and is used in government as well as other organisations, mainly within (but not limited to) digital departments.

22. Marketing Manager

Salary: £42,154
Number of vacancies: 2,491
Job satisfaction rating: 4.0

Marketing Managers drive compelling campaigns, develop strong marketing strategies and design effective social media plans.

23. Operations Manager

Salary: £45,542
Number of vacancies: 2,268
Job satisfaction rating: 3.9

An operations manager is a key part of a management team and oversees high-level HR duties, such as attracting talent and setting training standards and hiring procedures.