Exploring Career Options

Prospects what can I do with my degree? gives suggestions about careers that link to your subject.  

Prospects Job Profiles enable you to browse career options by sector or by letter. 

The Career Discovery Channel on My Career Enriched allows you to explore and browse articles and job descriptions that match your areas of interest. 

Gradsims  from Targetjobs are free graduate-led videos designed to help you choose a career that suits your needs and interests. You’ll learn about specific sectors, gain insights from recent graduates and complete simulated real life tasks. 

Specifically for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) students

The Gradcracker Career Centre has some excellent career information enabling you to browse different career options, sectors and employers. 

New Scientist Jobs also has career guides and articles. For example:

• What jobs can you get with a Biomedical Science degree? 
• How to become an Environmental Scientist 
• How to become an Ecologist 
• How to become a Data Analyst 
• What Jobs you can get with a Computer Science degree? 
• Scientists vs Engineers- Differences, Similarities and Career routes 

Prefer an interactive e-learning course?

Click on the image below to set up a Targetjobs account and access this and other Pathway courses.

Prospects has excellent job sector information: Job sectors | Prospects.ac.uk 

• Energy and utilities | Prospects.ac.uk 

• Engineering and manufacturing | Prospects.ac.uk 

• Environment and agriculture | Prospects.ac.uk 

• Information technology | Prospects.ac.uk 

• Science and pharmaceuticals | Prospects.ac.uk 

Targetjobs is another comprehensive resource with career guides for a wide range of sectors: 

• Careers guides and directories | | targetjobs 

• Engineering 

• Science 

• Information technology 

Prospects Luminate provides student and graduate labour market information. Read their Early Careers Survey 2025

The Warwick Institute of Employment Research, STEM LMI, provides a summary of labour market information for the different sectors within STEM:

Key facts 

• The science sector in the UK is growing and has a high level of recruitment activity. 

• The sector encompasses a wide range of companies, from large multinational enterprises to micro companies with fewer than 10 employees. 

• There are an estimated 2,895 scientific research and development organisations in the UK. 

• The UK is Europe’s top location for investment in pharmaceutical and biotechnology research and development. 

• Around 6% of those in science occupations are self-employed.