Many jobs are in high demand at the moment, as the pandemic and Brexit have led to huge shortages of certain careers.
More than 1.1 million posts are available as bosses struggle to recruit, according to employment search engine Adzuna.
The lack of workers is due to Europeans facing too much red tape to work in the UK and many staff forced to stay at home and self-isolate during the pandemic.
Here are six of the most in-demand roles right now - and how much you can earn doing them.
Lorry driver job vacancies
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has estimated there is a shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers across the UK.
The shortage has already led to empty supermarket shelves - and even warnings that Haribo stocks might run out.
HGV drivers earn in the region of £13.75 to £15.28 an hour, according to the National Driving Centre.
That means between £28,600 and £31,787 in a typical year.
But you can get more than that at the moment. Morrisons has said it is setting up schemes to train staff to become lorry drivers, and Aldi has increased wages for its drivers.
Aldi’s careers website states wages are between £14.15 and £15.34 per hour for day shifts, and £16.98 and £18.41 per hour for night shifts.
If you start working as an HGV driver now you might also get a signing-on bonus.
For example, Tesco is offering drivers a £1,000 joining bonus for candidates who join before September 30.
Asda is also paying a £1,000 signing-on bonus to drivers at its Bedford, Brackmills, Dartford and Erith depots.
The supermarket chain is also funding 60 extra apprenticeships to warehouse workers to become qualified HGV drivers.
Supermarket staff and retail roles
There are almost 31,000 retail vacancies, up by 14% in the last month, according to Adzuna.
There are more than 10,000 positions currently available for supermarket workers, and almost 6,000 for retail workers.
Iceland has announced plans to recruit an extra 2,000 staff to compensate for those self-isolating missing work and M&S have warned they may have to reduce opening hours.
Retail and supermarket staff earn in the region of £19,000 for shop floor and warehouse workers, according to jobs website TotalJobs. That goes up to around £32,500 a year for managers, depending on experience.
Bricklaying jobs
The construction industry is also seeing a lack of skilled workers in many parts of the country.
In Wigan, bricklayers are now asking for up to £600 per 1,000 bricks laid, an increase of 15% from £525 a year ago, according to Profiles Brickwork founder Andrew Monk.
Hospitality positions
The hospitality sector is also struggling to hire enough staff. This includes waiting staff, chefs and bar workers.
High street shops, restaurant and pubs including the likes of Greggs, Toby Carvery and Harvester are all being forced to close venues down due to staff shortages caused by the 'pingdemic'.
Wages vary in this sector, but waiting staff normally earn between £18,579 and £24,449 a year, according to TotalJobs.
Chefs are paid £22,492 to £32,500 a year, but very skilled cooks in high-end restaurants can earn more.
Bar staff earn between £16,622 and £23,000, going up to around £29,000 for managers.
But these salaries are going up due to the shortages.
This week James Reed, chairman of Reed, one of the UK's biggest recruitment sites, told Radio 4's PM programme that pay for jobs in hospitality and catering had gone up 18%.
In June the Mirror reported the hospitality sector faced one of the worst staffing crises of any – with nearly 190,000 vacancies.
Trade body UK Hospitality found 80% of its members were short of front-of-house workers, such as waiters, and 85% needed chefs.
Last month Scottish restaurant and bar chain Buzzworks unveiled bonuses to staff who referred a candidate who stayed with the firm for at least three months.
Buzzworks needed to fill 50 chef vacancies.
Restaurant group Hawksmoor is also offering £2,000 incentives to staff who recommend friends for jobs.
Nursing staff roles
The Royal College of Nursing says England entered the Covid crisis with around 40,000 unfilled posts.
Some 15,000 extra nurses, midwives and nursing associates are on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register compared to March 2020, but the rate of growth has slowed.
Wages for registered nurses range from £29,000 to £47,500 a year, depending on experience and hours worked.
Fruit picking jobs
These are in short supply due to a lack of European workers coming to Britain due to the pandemic and Brexit.
Overseas labour makes up most of the fruit-picking workforce, and the issue was first flagged up in May.
Fruit pickers earn between £8.50 and £15 an hour, and wages vary depending on speed and how much fruit a worker can harvest.
The British fruit picking season starts in early May for soft fruit and closes in September or October with hard fruit like apples.
Last year was a bumper year for fruit like apples due to the unusually hot summer.
