JOBS IN GIBRALTAR
Unemployment in Gibraltar currently stands at around 2%. With flourishing tourism, shipping, banking, IT and gaming industries it offers a diverse range of jobs and the best thing of all is that English is often the native language required.
The most popular areas of employment for foreigners are retail, restaurants/bars, hotels and conferences, casino and gaming, telemarketing. IT, banking and finance.
Working hours and salaries here are similar to those in the UK, with the exception of London where the pay is obviously higher but then so is the cost of living. Working conditions and legal regulations are the same as the UK and Ireland.
To give you some indication of the salary you can expect to earn here, secretarial or administration positions are in the region of £12-17,000: accountants can expect to earn £20,000+, marketing £16,000+ and HR professionals £14,000+. Sales jobs tend to bring in a basic wage of between £11-15,000. IT consultants command higher salaries in the £20-30,000 bracket.
When you secure a job in Gibraltar your employer will issue an official work contract which means you will pay tax and national insurance into the state system and receive a social security card which will entitle you to the various state benefits.
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