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Aerospace engineer
Aerospace engineers design, analyse, and test aircraft, spacecraft, propulsion systems, and their structures. The work is heavily governed by airworthiness and safety regulation, so analysis, testing, and documentation all have to stand up to independent scrutiny.
Bachelor's degreeEngineering and technical design
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Systems engineer
Systems engineers hold the whole of a complex product together: requirements, interfaces, architecture, and the evidence that the finished system does what it was meant to do. The role is coordination-heavy and depends on being able to reason across mechanical, electrical, and software boundaries.
Bachelor's degreeEngineering and technical design
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Actuary
Actuaries model uncertain future events such as claims, mortality, or longevity, and translate them into prices, reserves, and capital requirements. Qualification usually runs through a long series of professional examinations taken while working, and much of the job is defending assumptions rather than running models.
Bachelor's degreeFinance, accounting and insurance
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Software developer
Software developers design, write, and maintain the programs that run on computers, phones, and servers. Much of the work is reading existing code, breaking a requirement into small changes, and checking that a change behaves correctly before it reaches users.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Front-end developer
Front-end developers build the part of a product people actually see and click. They turn designs into working interfaces, make them behave sensibly on different screens and devices, and keep them usable for people relying on assistive technology.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Back-end developer
Back-end developers build the services, APIs, and data access layers that sit behind an application. The work centres on correctness under load: making sure requests are handled reliably, data stays consistent, and failures degrade in a controlled way.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Full-stack developer
Full-stack developers work across both the interface and the services behind it, following a feature from the screen through to the database. The breadth is the point: it suits smaller teams where one person needs to carry a change end to end.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Mobile application developer
Mobile application developers build apps for phones and tablets. Alongside writing code they deal with the constraints of the platform: limited battery and memory, patchy connectivity, permission prompts, and app store review before anything ships.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Game developer
Game developers write the code that makes a game run, covering gameplay rules, graphics, physics, input, and audio. The work is highly collaborative, sitting between designers who decide how the game should feel and artists who supply what it looks like.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Test automation engineer
Test automation engineers write code whose job is to test other code. They build and maintain automated test suites and the pipelines that run them, so that a broken change is caught by a machine rather than by a user.
Varies by employer or jurisdictionInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Data scientist
Data scientists use statistics and programming to answer questions that simple reporting cannot, such as predicting an outcome or estimating the effect of a change. They frame the problem, build and validate a model, and communicate how much confidence the result actually deserves.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Machine learning engineer
Machine learning engineers take models out of notebooks and into production systems. The role sits between data science and software engineering: building training and serving pipelines, watching for drift once a model is live, and handling the failure modes that only appear at scale.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Embedded software developer
Embedded software developers write the code that runs inside physical products, from appliances and vehicles to medical and industrial equipment. Memory, power, and timing are tight, and testing usually means working with real hardware on a bench.
Bachelor's degreeInformation technology, data and cybersecurity
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Patent agent
Drafts patent applications from an inventor's technical disclosure and argues them through examination at a patent office. The role sits between engineering and law: the claims have to describe the invention precisely and survive legal challenge.
Postgraduate or professional degreeLaw, compliance and justice
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CNC programmer
CNC programmers turn a part drawing or CAD model into the toolpaths and machine code that will cut it. They choose cutting strategies, tooling, and speeds and feeds, then simulate the program to catch collisions before it reaches the shop floor. The role sits between design and production and usually involves close work with machinists.
Certificate or college diplomaManufacturing, production and quality
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Physicist
Physicists investigate matter, energy, and the rules that govern them, either through experiment or through mathematical and computational modelling. Applied roles put that reasoning to work in areas such as medical imaging, instrumentation, optics, or energy systems. Much of the day is spent on mathematics, code, and instrument work rather than at a whiteboard.
Postgraduate or professional degreeNatural sciences and research
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Astronomer
Astronomers study objects and processes beyond Earth using telescope observations, archival survey data, and simulations. In practice the work is dominated by writing code, handling very large datasets, and applying for observing time or funding. Instrument and software development is a substantial part of many posts.
Postgraduate or professional degreeNatural sciences and research
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Geophysicist
Geophysicists use physical measurements (seismic, magnetic, gravity, electrical) to work out what lies beneath the surface without digging it up. The work is strongly quantitative: acquiring survey data, processing it through signal-processing chains, and interpreting the result alongside geological evidence. Applications range from resource exploration and engineering site investigation to earthquake and hazard monitoring.
Bachelor's degreeNatural sciences and research
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Visual merchandiser
Visual merchandisers decide how a store looks: window displays, mannequin styling, fixture layout, and the in-store signage that steers shoppers through the space. They translate brand guidelines and seasonal campaigns into a plan, then build the displays physically in store.
Certificate or college diplomaRetail, sales and customer experience
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Florist
Florists design and assemble flower arrangements for shops, weddings, events, and funerals. The work combines design with plant care, customer consultation, and the practical business of ordering perishable stock that has to be used.
Certificate or college diplomaRetail, sales and customer experience