What Work Derbyshire 2015/16 for Young People | Page 10
What Work Derbyshire 2015 / 2016
ICT
AND HI-TECH
ENGINEERING
Technology is the main reason for old jobs disappearing. With nine out
of 10 new jobs today needing some level of IT skills it’s hard to escape
it. There are so many exciting and rewarding careers within science,
engineering and technology – fashion, gaming, digital media, music,
motor sport, aerospace… Why not become expert and help the UK
become the best innovators in the world?
What is happening?
Skills & qualities
• Around 9,000 people work in the IT and telecoms
sector in Derby City and Derbyshire1 and many
more will be doing the same jobs but for other
organisations.
• 12% of the workforce in Derby City are employed in
hi-tech jobs – four times the national average2.
Useful subjects
• IT industry needs more women - only 17% of the IT
workforce is female3.
• BT recruitment drive for jobs installing household
broadband.
• Automotive (vehicles) electronics, consumer
electronics (for example digital cameras, tablets,
smart phones) are growing areas and need skilled
people to research and design new products and
parts.
Local employers
• Bombardier
• AES Group
• Rolls Royce
• Big investment in automotive industry with
thousands of apprenticeship and graduate openings.
• Toyota
• Minerva
Scientific
• DeltaRail
• Donington Park
• According to Engineering UK there could be 2.74m
job openings between 2010 and 2020 across a
range of engineering jobs.
• DSP Design
• Peakdale
Molecular
• £1bn will be invested in new provision
technologies over next 10 years creating
30,000 jobs in the UK.
• Proact
What could you earn?*
www.futuremorph.org
www.bigambition.co.uk
www.semta.org.uk
www.science-girl-thing.eu
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£21,900
Biological scientist
On the web
Lab technician
£38,100
Mechanical engineer
£40,600
Design engineer
£38,500
Web designer
£29,200
Motor mechanic
£24,200
Telecoms engineer
£31,400
Software developer
£40,000
1 Business Register and Employment Survey 2013 2 Invest in Derby 3 e-skills * Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2014.
Average full-time (median) salary rounded to the nearest £100. Doesn’t include self employed.