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What Work Cambridgeshire & Rutland 2016

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ENGINEERING
AND MANUFACTURING

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

• Over 23,000 people work in the IT and telecoms sector
across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Rutland1
with hotspots in Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough. Many more will be doing the same jobs but
for other organisations.
• BT recruitment drive for jobs installing household
broadband.

Useful subjects

• Tech sector needs 134,000 new recruits each year2 and in
our area, where there are many internationally significant
companies, that means young people like you!
• IT industry is desperately seeking girls! Young women make
up less than 20% of the IT workforce.
• Automotive (vehicles) electronics, consumer electronics
(for example digital cameras, tablets, smart phones) are
growing areas and need skilled young people to research
and design new products and parts.
• Demand for engineers skilled in design, electronics,
vehicles, mechanics, aerospace (yes these are all hi-tech
jobs!), games designers, cyber security
experts, technicians and data analysts. Big
investment from the government in these
areas means thousands of apprenticeship and
graduate openings.
• According to Engineering UK there could be
2.74m job openings between 2010 and 2020
across a range of engineering jobs.

On the web
www.futuremorph.org
www.bigambition.co.uk
www.semta.org.uk
www.science-girl-thing.eu

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Local employers
• BT

• Sepura

• Perkins

• TWI

• Dresser Rand

• BAE Systems

• Redring
Expelair

• Autonomy

• Aveva
• Cambrionix
• ARM

• Marshall
Aerospace
• Philips
Research

What could you earn?*
Lab technician

£21,900

Biological scientist

£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 for Employment Survey 2014 2 Tech Partnership * Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2014.
Average full-time (median) salary rounded to the nearest £100. Doesn’t include self employed.