Sheffield Job Vacancies

More than 80 per cent of the workforce in and around Sheffield is involved in the service sector. This has been the major growth area for the city in recent years and its geographic location in South Yorkshire makes it ideally placed for national companies looking for a central service office. The city's biggest private employers is HSBC with Aviva and Lloyds also being in the 'top ten' employees. This means thousands of jobs in the finance and business sector - what many more in the support industries. Capita, the business outsourcing and recruitment company, also employs more than 3,000 staff.

Sheffield has built on its grand tradition in the steel industry to research and develop manufacturing to a new level. Much of this work takes place at the Advanced Manufacturing Plant on the border with Rotherham where a number of small specialised firms undertake some of the most challenging engineering problems in the aerospace, automotive, nuclear and energy industries. The expertise from University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University is closely linked with the business innovation.

In the centre of Sheffield is the Digital Square Mile where you will find companies such as ZOO Digital, Sumo, PlusNet, Technophobia and Jennic. It's perhaps no surprise that you can look to Sheffield for such industries which combine the best in precision engineering with the skilled knowledge workforce generated by the colleges and universities in the city.

If the worlds of advanced manufacturing and digital media don't appeal, then consider a career in the support industries that all these companies need to survive: IT, accounting, legal, human resources, catering and many more. From the small consultancies employing just two or three people to the large support offices with dozens of staff, you'll have plenty of scope for a rewarding career.