Career matcher

Find careers that fit you

Three quick steps. Pick as many skills and hobbies as you like – there are no wrong answers, and nothing you choose is stored.

Jump to your 6 matches ↓

Step 1 What are you good at?

Choose the skills that sound like you.

Step 2 What do you enjoy doing?

Hobbies often point to work you'd enjoy. Skip this step if nothing fits.

Step 3 A few preferences (optional)
Where would you rather work?
How do you like to work?
Anything else?

Your top matches

6 careers use at least one of your choices. Scores show how closely each fits everything you picked.

  1. 100% match

    Great match IT and telecoms

    Data centre technician

    Keep the servers behind the internet running: install racks and hardware, fix faults and monitor systems in secure data centres.

    Why it suits you

    • Building PCs and gaming strong link

    No official salary figureWays in: Apprenticeship, College, Skills Bootcamp

  2. 100% match

    Great match IT and telecoms

    IT support technician

    Be the person who fixes it: solve hardware, software and network problems for computer users, in person and remotely.

    Why it suits you

    • Building PCs and gaming strong link

    £24,000 – £36,000Ways in: Apprenticeship, College, Skills Bootcamp, University, other routes

  3. 67% match

    Good match Engineering and manufacturing

    Electronics engineering technician

    Design, build, test and fix electronic systems and circuit boards, from factory controls to medical and aerospace tech.

    Why it suits you

    • Building PCs and gaming good link

    £26,000 – £42,000Ways in: Apprenticeship, College, University, other routes

  4. 67% match

    Good match IT and telecoms

    Network cabler

    Install, terminate and test the copper and fibre cabling that connects offices, hospitals, data centres and homes to the digital world.

    Why it suits you

    • Building PCs and gaming good link

    No official salary figureWays in: Apprenticeship, College, Direct application

  5. 67% match

    Good match IT and telecoms

    Telecoms engineer

    Install and repair broadband, phone, fibre, mobile and satellite systems - out on the road, up masts and in customers' homes.

    Why it suits you

    • Building PCs and gaming good link

    £25,000 – £40,000Ways in: Apprenticeship, College, Direct application, other routes

  6. 33% match

    Worth a look Building services and energy

    Electrician

    Install, test and repair wiring, lighting, controls and low-carbon tech in homes, workplaces and new buildings.

    Why it suits you

    • Building PCs and gaming useful background

    £26,000 – £45,000Ways in: Apprenticeship, T Level, College, other routes

Salary ranges are average starter to experienced pay from the National Careers Service (checked September 2026); open a career for the source and details. A match is a starting point – check the official links on each career before deciding.

How the matching works

Every career on this site lists the skills and hobbies that help, each weighted 1 to 3 (3 = a key skill for the job). We wrote those weights from the official job profiles' lists of skills and tasks – they are our judgement, not an official rating.

  • Skills (60% of the score): we add up the weights of the skills you picked and compare that with the best possible total. Picking lots of skills doesn't count against you – anything beyond five is ignored in the comparison.
  • Hobbies (25%): worked out the same way, capped at three hobbies.
  • Preferences (15%): indoors or outdoors, team or solo, self-employment and working at height. Each one scores full, half or nothing, and anything you leave as "no preference" is ignored.

If you skip hobbies or preferences, the other parts are scaled up so the score is still out of 100. Careers only appear if at least one of your skills or hobbies applies. The results are for exploring ideas – they can't know everything about you.