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Advertising & Marketing

Jobs

Market Researcher
Marketing
Advertising Account Planner
Social Researcher

Example Employers

IMS Research
Knapp Goodwin

Useful Websites

The Market Research Society
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising

Business & Operational Research

Jobs

Management Consultant
Logistics Officer
Retail Merchandiser/Buyer
Transport Planner
Human Resources Officer
Business Analyst

Example Employers

Cap Gemini
Wincanton
Arcadia Group Ltd
The Highways Agency
Smith Institute

Useful websites

Operational Research Society
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Civil Service

Jobs

Defence Analyst
Statistical Officer
Cryptologist
Operational Researcher
Statistician

Example Employers

Dstl
ONS
GCHQ
GORS
GSS

Useful Websites

FastStream
Government Operational Research Service (GORS)

Data Science

Jobs

Data Scientist
Data Analyst

Example Employers

Most large organisations want data scientists – e.g. retail, airlines, NHS.

Useful Websites

Prospects

Education

Jobs

Teacher/lecturer

Example Employers

Primary
Secondary
Further Education
Universities

Useful Websites

Get into teaching
Be a Maths Scholar

Engineering

Jobs

Aerodynamicist
Aeronautical Engineer
Communications Engineer
Quantity Surveyor
Project Engineer
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Thermal/Hydraulic Engineer

Example Employers

Rolls Royce
Thales
Vodafone
Ove Arup
QinetiQ
Red Bull Racing
British Energy

Useful Websites

Careers in Aerospace

Finance & Banking

Jobs

Auditor
Banker
Chartered Public Finance Accountant
Chartered Accountant
Tax Advisor
Tax Inspector
Investment Banker
Financial Advisor
City Trader
Merchant Banker
Investment Analyst
Corporate Treasurer
Commodity Broker

Example Employers

National Audit Office
JP Morgan Chase
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
HM Revenue & Customs
KPMG
Bank of England
Deutsche Bank
Citigroup
HSBC
Grant Thornton
HBOS Plc

Useful Websites

Association of Corporate Treasurers
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Insurance & Risk

Jobs

Actuary
Insurance Analyst
Insurance Underwriter
Insurance Broker
Insurance Account Manager
Insurance Claims Inspector
Credit Analyst
Pensions Advisor
Financial Risk Analyst

Example Employers

AXA
Aviva
Legal & General Prudential
Lloyds of London
Standard Life
Aon
Pearl Group
Schroders

Useful Websites

The Actuarial Profession
The Chartered Insurance Institute

IT & Computers

Jobs

Computer Game Designer
Computer Programmer
Software Developer
Multimedia Programmer
Database Administrator
Applications Developer
IT Consultant
Network Engineer
Software Engineer
Systems Analyst
Systems Developer

Example Employers

Eidos Interactive
IBM
Havok
Oracle
Hewlett Packard
Sun Microsystems
ANSYS Europe Ltd
Tessella
Logica
Siemens
Fujitsu Europe Ltd

Useful Websites

British Computer Society

Medicine and Health

Jobs

Statistician
Statistical Programmer
Biometrist
Data Analyst
Biomedical Engineer

Example Employers

GlaxoSmithKline
Johnson & Johnson
Pfizer
AstraZeneca
NHS

Useful Websites

Royal Statistical Society
Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry

The Natural and Life Sciences

Jobs

Cartographer
Hydrographic surveyor
Land/geomatics Surveyor
Hydrologist
Seismic Interpreter
Petroleum Engineer
Geophysical Data Processor
Biomathematician
Meteorologist
Oceanographer
Research Scientist (Maths)

Example Employers

Ordnance Survey
Port of London Authority
Global Surveys
Environment Agency
BP
Schlumberger
Institute of Food Research
The Met Office
Proudman Oceanographic
Laboratory

Useful Websites

The British Cartographic Society
International Federation of Hydrographic Societies