UK Skills Shortages*

The Government maintains a National Shortage Occupation List that details the professions in which there is a shortage of workers in the UK. If a job appears on this list, employers can recruit skilled workers from outside the European Union, without having to fulfil the “resident labour market test” by advertising the position in the UK.

Below are some of the occupations that appeared on this shortage list in June 2009. Please follow the links below to see a complete list as of December 2009.

Audiological scientist – geologist – contaminated land engineer – geoenvironmentalist – civil engineer – intensive care doctor – paediatrician – orthodontist – clinical psychologist – pharmacist – veterinary surgeon – secondary education teacher of maths or science – quantity surveyor – social worker – ship & hovercraft officer – skilled ballet dancer – high integrity pipe welder – skilled chef – skilled sheep shearer.

*From Schott’s Almanac 2010

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/workingintheuk/shortageoccupationlist.pdf

http://www.visalogic.net/united-kingdom_shortage-occupations_pie.aspx?t=4&t2=91