Jobs in the North West

Financial Jobs in the North West have been on the rise in recent years, with both the professional services and finance sector moving into these areas, accounting for over 320K employees across these industries in the North West. Leading finance companies like HBOS, Barclays, and RBS are within the local areas, with the three key regions being Manchester, Liverpool, and Chester. Within Manchester alone, are numerous accountancy firms, legal practices, as well as the more specific ethical and corporate finance firms. Interestingly, in Chester, over 12% of residents work within the finance sector, in companies like Bank of America and M&S Financial Services, while Liverpool is the North West’s centre for wealth management, following on from London and Edinburgh.

Also within the North West, is Europe’s second biggest digital and creative hub. There are over 31,000 companies with over 300,000 employees. It is also the place for TV and film creations, with around 500 TV productions made annually, and publishing houses, animation, and film production companies across the North West region. Another creative side bringing jobs to the North West is its abundance of Advertising, Design, PR, and Marketing companies, second again to London. The big leading companies such as McCann, Weber Shandwick, and IAS, as well as a number of smaller companies bring circa £1.25B GVA.

Manchester has created a customised creative hub at Salford Quays on the waterfront in Manchester to accommodate this growth in the media sector in the area. The new creative hub called MediaCityUK, as well as the wealth of creative companies, are creating over 15,000 jobs in the North West bringing prosperity to the area and job opportunities to the community while building a region of creative and innovative richness.

An increasing number of jobs in the North West is thanks to a number of overseas businesses investing in the area, most notably companies from the US and across Europe. As well as the creative industry, there is still a large manufacturing and chemical production job market, a focus on technology and engineering, and a significant increase in call centre and customer service job opportunities. Health and social care remains a key employer within the area too as well as civil service roles and the local council.

Recruitment Agencies such as Daniel Adams bring job seekers a wide range of career and employment opportunities across a full range of sectors in the North West. Job seekers are assisted to navigate their way through all the different options and gain professional support throughout the search, application, and interview stages, enabling them to match the job seekers skills and expertise with the ideal role for them.