The UK's Armed Forces will undergo a drone transformation. The Government is investing over £5 billion in the Defence Investment programme. This investment will strengthen the Armed Forces and create thousands of jobs in Britain. The drone transformation is expected to have a significant impact on the UK's defence capabilities. It will also provide a boost to the economy by creating new job opportunities. The investment is part of the Government's plan to modernise the Armed Forces and improve their operational effectiveness.
Government30 June 202620 reads
Drone Transformation
Public-sector hiring right now
GovJobs is tracking 11,336 open public-sector vacancies today, 6,557 of them added in the past seven days. Across the adverts that publish a salary, the median advertised starting figure is £32,909.
The organisations recruiting most heavily right now are Ministry of Justice (198), Highland Council (195), Leicestershire County Council (172) and East Sussex County Council (126).
Geographically the roles cluster in Scotland (1,715), North West (1,634), South East (1,210), London (1,127).
Whatever happens at policy level, the roles below are what is actually open today. Applications are always made on the official employer site, not on GovJobs.
These figures are counted from the GovJobs index at the time you loaded this page, not from official statistics, and they change daily. They are our own analysis and are not part of the announcement summarised above.
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