Business & Retail

Business services are about the administration and other activates for making the exchange of products and services possible. Retail is the sale of goods in shops and online.

There are over

Employed in this sector in the Humber

This accounts for over

Of employment in the region

Did You Know?

There are over

Businesses in this sector in the Humber region

This has created

Jobs in the region

The Gross Value Added (GVA) of this sector is expected to grow

In the Humber Sub Region over

of retailers employ fewer than 10 people

of the retail workforce is female

A third of retail staff are aged under 25 years

Finance and business services have an ageing workforce and employers are keen to encourage young people into the industry

Automation is increasing on this sector due to technological advances; therefore there will be fewer lower and unskilled jobs in the future

Employers are looking for people with good communication and IT skills

Will there be opportunities available?

It is predicted there will be

more jobs in this sector over the coming

jobs nationally will be needed to be filled as a result of people leaving the sector (replacement jobs) in the coming years

Finance and business services have an ageing workforce and employers are keen to encourage young people into the industry

There is an increase in demand for higher level skills (level 4 and 5) to fill management and professional roles

Employment trends for the Humber show that this is an increasing sector for employment

Careerometer

Careerometer can be used to explore and compare key information about occupations, help you learn about different occupations and identify potential careers. It provides access to a selection of UK headline data relating to pay, weekly hours of work and future employment prospects for different occupations, as well as description of the occupation.

Use the boxes below to simply type in the title of the job you are interested in and the widget provides a series of options from which you can select the most relevant to you. You can then look up another two occupations and compare. You can also select ‘display the UK average’ and compare the information with the occupation you have selected.