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Business and related research professionals
£41,080

Average Annual Pay

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020

34

Average Weekly Hours

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2019

2.56%

Unemployment Rate

Labour Force Survey 2020

Future employment projections (Working Futures UK)

Description

Business and related research professionals carry out a variety of research activities for the broadcast and print media, for the police and armed forces intelligence services, for national security agencies and in other non-scientific areas.

Qualifications

Entrants usually possess a degree or equivalent qualification. Training is usually provided on-the-job, or support may be given for postgraduate study. Professional qualifications are available in some areas.

Typical tasks

  • liaises with production team to generate and develop ideas for film, television and radio programmes;
  • research sources for accurate factual material, finds suitable contributors to programmes or print features and deals with any copyright issues;
  • briefs presenters, scriptwriters or journalists as required via verbal or written reports;
  • provides administrative support for programme development such as booking facilities;
  • provides support to criminal intelligence or to military or other security operations by gathering and verifying intelligence data and sources;
  • presents findings in the required format, via written reports or presentations;
  • researches images for clients in a wide range of media using specialist picture libraries and archives, museums, galleries etc., or commissions new images;
  • liaises with client on the appropriate image/s to be used;
  • deals with copyright issues and negotiates fees.

Common job titles

Researcher, games (broadcasting)
Officer, intelligence (government)
Officer, research
Practitioner, forensic (police force)
Associate, research (journalism)
Worker, research
Assistant, research (printing and publishing)
Fellow
Analyst, sports
Officer, intelligence, grade II (MOD)
Analyst, intelligence, criminal
Consultant, research
Researcher
Researcher (journalism)
Assistant, research (journalism)
Analyst, information
Technician, research and development
Researcher, games
Analyst, crime (police force)
Assistant, research
Officer, research (printing and publishing)
Analyst, computer, forensic
Associate, research (printing and publishing)
Assistant, research (broadcasting)
Officer, research (broadcasting)
Researcher (printing and publishing)
Technician, research
Researcher, picture
Researcher (broadcasting)
Associate, research
Officer, research (journalism)
Associate, research (broadcasting)
Inventor

Education background

Destination of Leavers survey, supplied by the Higher Education Statistics.

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258/355
Ranked 258th out of 355 careers for the longest hours.

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192/355
Ranked 192nd out of 355 careers for highest unemployment rate.

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Top industries: Business and related research professionals

Working Futures UK

Employment type

Gender breakdown


£770

Female average weekly pay

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020

£810

Male average weekly pay

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020

296/350

Gender pay gap ranking

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020


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Average weekly pay by age and gender: Business and related research professionals

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