Business and related research professionals
£41,193
Average salary
34 hours
Average weekly hours
2.56%
Unemployment rate
Definition: Business and related research professionals
*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 2426
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.
Common tasks include:
- 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.
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.
*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.
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Top 12 industries: Business and related research professionals
Alternative & related job titles: Business and related research professionals
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Equality focus: Business and related research professionals
Breaking down the official government big data sources by gender, age and region. Hours and pay data based on full time equlivalent roles.
Breakdown by gender
£40,150
Female average annual salary
£42,236
Male average annual salary
32
Female average weekly hours
37
Male average weekly hours
Average pay per hour: Business and related research professionals
Workforce gender: Business and related research professionals
Breakdown by region
£45,364
London - highest annual average salary
£32,329
North East (England) - lowest annual average salary
42
East Midlands (England) - Highest average weekly hours
32
London - Lowest average weekly hours
Average pay per week (£): Business and related research professionals
Average weekly hours by UK region/nation: Business and related research professionals
Breakdown by age
20 years
Lowest annual salary (£15,643)
years
Highest annual salary (£0) at this age