Jobs Within the UK Defense Industry

By Claire M Jefferies

In 2011 the British government pledged to work on increasing the amount of defense exports. In the current climate, it is hard for a high school graduate to know which industry is going to stand the test of time, and is worth spending three or four years on at university. This is particularly the case with the recent increase in costs of university fees.

The defense industry is one which goes up and down in the favor of politicians and people's thoughts. Around 10% of UK manufacturing is made up by the defense sector. The UK exports more arms than any other country in the world apart from the United States, a figure over 7 billion pounds. It is very important to our economy.

At the moment, there are around 300,000 people employed in the defense industry, of which just over 50,000 work within exports. Although we think of the government being the only source of defense jobs, because of the nature of the

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Top 10 Salaries For UK Jobs

By Amanda Pavis

Although there is no definitive 'Top 10' in terms of salary, since many companies offer good salaries and then top up the salary with bonuses or company shares, increased pension pot etc, there are some jobs that are definitely well paid, although they can be hard to secure an opening in!

The key issue to note here is that this is the top 10 list of salaries, so salaries are for staff/company directors etc. Celebrities and entrepreneurs do not tend to have salaries, they share the profits or simply take the profits, so this list does not include pop stars or general celebrities, it is more focussed on 'real' jobs!

Chief Executive or Managing Director of a company has to be the most lucrative salary, with some banking bosses still taking in well over a million pounds per year, with all sorts of golden handshakes on offer as well.

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