Career Happiness Index 2012

City and Guilds have conducted some research into what factors people in the UK believe make them happy at work. Overall, the Career Happiness Index shows that people in vocationally-trained and skills-based jobs, such as hairdressers, gardeners, plumbers and electricians, were happiest – 65% compared to 58% of those in largely academically trained, office-based jobs. The happiest workers from the 2220 surveyed were those who worked as gardeners and florists, followed by hairdressers and plumbers. The least happy were bankers, IT professionals and workers in Human Resources.