How to get a good job that's in demand... and AI won't steal

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Britain's weather is famous for its ability to go from stunning to downright miserable in the blink of an eye. The nation's jobs market has a habit of doing the same.
Not so long ago, workers finally had the upper hand and were celebrating a post-Covid jobs boom, where almost all roles were in-demand and some decent salary rises could be negotiated.
Now, the chat down the pub is more likely to be about redundancies, recruitment freezes and endless rejections that can end with someone accepting a lower salary and position just to get a job.
It will almost certainly swiftly also turn to artificial intelligence and its threat to employment, particularly the white collar kind.
But can you AI-proof a career, are the machines really coming for our jobs and what are the roles that are in hot demand at the moment?
On this podcast, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert dive into the employment market and look at the list of the 30 most in-demand roles to see what they can uncover.
Plus, is Rachel Reeves being irresponsible in allowing another pension tax-free lump sum rush to occur, if she isn't going to stage a Budget raid?
Why is Lee not happy about his football club and cash?
What did the team discover after a shout out to listeners to tell them about mystery flight delays?
And finally, if you don't get unlimited Yorkshire puddings with a pub roast, can you really go to Trading Standards?

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Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane

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0:00.0	Welcome to This Is Money podcast, sponsored by Charles Stanley Direct. I'm Georgie Frost and joining me and Simon Lambert today is Lee Boyce. And coming up, the jobs market might be stalling, but there are still roles out there with a chronic shortage of applicants. We tell you the most in-demand jobs right now.
0:19.1	Elsewhere, experts are calling on the Chancellor to rule out
0:21.5	any pensions raid in the budget to avoid lump sum removal frenzy, the mysterious new trend that
0:27.2	sees airlines dramatically change flight times, and move over cash, mobile phones are increasingly
0:32.6	becoming our payment method of choice. And Lee's not happy about that. And there is no issue too small
0:39.4	that it will escape the notice of the This Is Money team. My roast didn't come with its unlimited
0:44.7	Yorkshire puddings. Can I demand a refund? Don't forget getting this up to date with all the
0:49.1	latest breaking money news, just go to this ismoney.com.com.com or download the app. But first, a message from our
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1:18.6	UK at forward slash financial coaching. Remember, investment involves risk. Now back to today's
1:24.3	episode. If the jobs market feels tougher at the moment, you are not imagining
1:28.0	it. Fewer roles, more applicants, and hours spent on applications with little to show for it.
1:33.3	The number of new postings last month was down 3.8% on July's figure, which came after a 9.2% slump
1:40.9	the month before. That's according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. With economic uncertainty, AI reshaping roles and increased costs under
1:49.0	labour, many firms simply aren't hiring. But, wait, there are roles where there is a chronic
1:55.4	shortage. So is it timely, boys, that we rethink our careers and become firefighters?
2:02.5	Tell us about the jobs market at the moment.
2:04.4	A seasonal blip firstly or something a bit more concerning, more worrying trend here.
2:10.1	There's definitely a seasonal blip element to this in terms of the figures that you just read out,
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