As in America, online job search engines seem to have become increasingly popular and in London and surrounding areas. Several such job search engines are described below.

Any readers that have knowledge of additional job search engines or  other London job resources are invited to list them in the comments section.

Other avenues of job search for higher paying jobs in London include 1) Employment Recruiters, 2) Newspaper and other Classified Ads, 3) perhaps Government sponsored Job Centres, and 3) some individual company website listings.In addition, networking among business and work contacts may prove the best source of job information.

It is difficult to find the highest paying jobs in London with a simple online search engine available, unlike with American job boards Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com

In order to better use any of the job search sites and resume posting boards below, please see the following 61-page salary survey for employment categories and job titles in the UK: Salary Survey by Robert Walters for 2009. Job titles and categories in London specifically are examined early on in the document on Page 3. Review the job titles and match them to the findings shown below, derived fromSimplyHired UK.

For Example:

• Project Management/Business Analysis (8yrs' experience) - £100k+/year
• 5-8 yrs' experience - 80 to 110k
• 3-5 yrs' experience - 60 to 80k
• 0 - 3 yrs' experience - 54 to 65k
• -- detailed from the report at the above link, Page 3, heading:

  Project Management/Business Analysis

A job seeker may review the infomration from the 2009 Salary Survey and search the document online for 1) high paying jobs and 2) any of the Top 15 Jobs provided by SimplyHired UK, below, as found on their database.

SimplyHired UK is a leading online job search engine that provides lists of job openings in London. Aside from the actual job descriptions, SimplyHired UK offers additional information by which jobs can be sorted for convenience. These sorting categories include:

• Company Name- A home website may be applied within the job listings of some companies, providing a convenient method for researching the employer before applying for a position and requesting an employment interview.
• Location- This category breaks available jobs down into city sections (London) and even additional nearby cities.
• Job Type - This category is broken down into Permanent, Full-Time, Temporary, Contract Work, Part-Time, Internships, Volunteer (non-paid), Seasonal,
• Education - from some Secondary School to Doctorates and Professional Degrees. For the purposes of finding the highest-paid position in London, the highest education levels would be a good place to start looking.SimplyHired UK does not categorize jobs according to salary ranges as some American job search engines do.
• Work Experience - 0 to 2 years to 15+ years.
• Date Posted - From the last 24 hours, 7 days, 14 days, and 30 days.
• Employer or Recruiter

Educational Levels

The highest numbers of jobs available on SImplyHired UK on the above date fell into the following educational requirements:

1. Bachelor's Degree
2. A-Level or equivalent
3. Professional
4. Master's Degree
5. Vocational and HND/HNC or equivalent

Few jobs are available for individuals with less than completion of secondary school. The college and professional degrees would likely result in higher incomes overall, while a job search by educational level would help to pinpoint higher salaries.

Example Date: September 8, 2009:

• Number of jobs open within 25 km of London: 104,702
• Number of Jobs within 15 km of London: 99, 048
• Number of Jobs within 5 km of London: 94,840
• The bulk of available jobs in this area appear to be in London itself: 84,179

Interestingly, the bulk of employment openings advertise a requirement for 2-5 years of work experience in this batch of job listings. The second largest category is in the requirement of 0 to 2 years for work experience, a more entry-level classification of employment..

Top 15 Job Titles Open In London

1. Business Development Manager
2. Management Accountant
3. Project Manager
4. Business Analyst
5. Financial Controller
6. Finance Manager
7. Account Manager
8. Qualified Social Worker - licenses and registratins requried.
9. Nursery Nurse
10. Financial Analyst
11. Financial Accountant
12. Marketing Manager
13. Sales Executive
14. Credit Controller
15. Recruitment Consultant/Teaching Assistant [tie]

Top Employers Posting the Most Openings:

1. CV-Library
2. Retail Choice
3. Tradewind Recruitment
4. Wh Marks Sattin
5. Computer Futures
6. Calco Services
7. Ladders
8. Morgan Mckinley
9. Quest Search & Selection
10. Morgan Hunt
11. Aston Carter
12. Synergy Group
13. Web Recruit
14. Hillman Saunders
15. Huxley Associates

LondonUKJobs.Com is another online job search engine that provides job postings for the London area. On the date upon which the example from SimplyHired UK was taken, LondonJobsUK.Com listed 12,775 job openings in London.

Job openings are arranged by Industry Clusters on this job listings site and can be searched by these large categories. Summer jobs and part-time jobs are listed as well in their own categories. No provision is made to categorize jobs by job title, salary, or educational level, so a job seeker must look through the lists in each category. However, a job seeker may apply for many of these jobs online and post a resume. A "Job Wanted" feature is also offered, in which a job seeker can advertise for a job. Some of the job listings on this site seem to have been open for several months and may or may not be yet requiring job candidates.

Jobsiteis another large job search board for London and offers job listings that can be arranged in listings according to date posted, salary (high to low), and job descriptions. jobsite offered over 5,000 employment openings within 20 miles of London on the same date that the two job sites above were accessed. The highest salaries on this date were offered for these positions and others similar to them:

• Key Account Director: £50k - £65k pw (per week)
• Transportation Refrigeration Engineer: £25k - £35k pw + van + ph
• Lead Acturary: £800-£1200 per day
• Financial Engineer: £600 pa (per annum/per year)
• Business Analysts: £400 - £600 pa

Gumtree.com is an online community for each of several cities, similar to Craigslist. It offers a section for employment openings and on September 8, Gumtree listed 22,698 jobs open for London. Several categories of jobs are listed and Gumtree includes Voluntary positions, "Work Wanted", Part-Time, Job Training, Student & Graduate, and other categories as well. There is no provision for searching by salary.

Trovit Jobs is a larger job board that lists over 26,000 jobs for London on September 8.  These positions included jobs in salary ranges above £25,000 per year with the following employers, although job seekers must look through lists of openings or search by specific job titles:

• Theladders
• Retail Choice
• Morgan Mckinley
• Wh Marks Sattin
• Certus Sales Recruitment
• Tradewind Recruitment
• Goodman Masson Recruitment
• Anson Mccade
• Searchfield Group
• FPSG - First People Solutions Group