Press release: The most in-demand finance jobs in the world
Published: Jan 2023
26th January 2023 – These are the most in demand finance jobs in the world right now according to new research:
Auditing is the most in demand finance career right now
Accounting is the most desirable financial sector to work in
A new study from CMC Markets, an online trading platform, analysed monthly Google searches using Ahrefs for jobs within the financial industry to see which career is the most in demand. They also extracted the number of UK-based listings for each finance role from the job site Indeed during the month of December 2022.
Rank
Job Title
Total global Google searches
1
Auditor
222,500
2
Actuary
166,600
3
Corporate banking
96,280
4
Bank teller
43,250
5
Forensic accounting
39,650
6
Compliance officer
35,170
7
Client advisor
29,080
8
Loan officer
22,950
9
Branch manager
18,560
10
Risk manager
17,430
Searches for ‘auditor’ ranked number one on the list with 222,500 monthly Google searches. People are searching 5,000 times on average a month for ‘auditor jobs’ and 500 times for ‘auditor careers’. There are currently 785 auditor jobs in the finance sector on Indeed.
Actuarial careers came closely behind as the second most sought-after job in finance with a combined 166,600 searches per month for ‘actuary careers’ and ‘actuary jobs’. An actuary was the only career within the insurance sector to make it into the top ten. There are currently 1,030 actuary jobs within the finance sector on Indeed.
The third most desirable finance career is corporate banking which amassed a total of 96,280 Google searches per month, 1,200 of which were for the search term ‘corporate banking jobs’. There are currently 3,748 corporate banking jobs on Indeed.
Another banking career took the fourth spot with bank teller totalling 43,250 Google searches every month, 12,000 of these monthly searches were for ‘bank teller jobs’. At present, there are only 35 bank teller jobs on Indeed.
In fifth place came forensic accounting with 39,650 Google searches per month and the sixth most in demand career in finance was a compliance officer with 35,170 monthly Google searches.
Despite being one of the ten most desirable finance jobs, forensic accounting only yields 64 job openings in the UK, according to Indeed. On the other hand, there are currently 6,685 compliance officer openings in the UK on Indeed.
With 29,080 Google searches a month, a client advisor was the seventh most searched for finance career and there are 811 job openings for client advisor roles on Indeed.
Loan officers and branch managers occupied the eighth and ninth place on the list with 22,950 and 18,560 monthly Google searches respectively. There are 1,744 roles on Indeed for both loan officers and branch managers in the UK.
The research found that the tenth most in demand job in finance is a risk manager with 17,430 monthly Google searches. There are currently 5,259 job openings on Indeed for risk manager roles in the UK.
Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets commented on the findings: “Despite the scarcity of jobs in some industries, it seems that there is a noticeable interest within different sectors of the finance world.
“It is interesting to see that a large proportion of this number is made up of searches related to the banking sector. And as a whole, financial careers are being searched for 2,935,840 times per month on Google.
“This number is definitely something to keep an eye on as we approach the new year, as people may look to seek new opportunities in 2023.”
Full table of Data below:
Job title
General term
“Jobs” searches
“Careers” searches
Total
Accounting
889000
39000
5600
933600
Auditor
217000
5000
500
222500
Forensic accounting
36000
3400
250
39650
Corporate accounting
14000
600
0
14600
Payroll accounting
5900
500
20
6420
Insurance
693000
14000
2800
709800
Actuary
159000
6400
1200
166600
Insurance investigator
2400
1600
20
4020
Insurance consultant
3000
300
0
3300
Claims Officer
250
100
0
350
Investment banking
95000
6400
1100
102500
Compliance officer
32000
3100
70
35170
Client advisor
29000
80
0
29080
Risk manager
14000
3400
30
17430
Investment analyst
8500
2600
80
11180
Banking
425000
29000
4600
458600
Corporate banking
95000
1200
80
96280
Bank teller
31000
12000
250
43250
Loan officer
19000
3700
250
22950
Branch manager
17000
1500
60
18560
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