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The Met Office plays an important part in much of the coverage of the weather in the UK, and across the globe
Working for us
Working at the Met Office means working for an employer whose operations have a real impact on the lives of everyone.
Behind-the-scenes at the Met Office
John Hammond takes you on a tour of the Met Office headquarters in Exeter and takes a look at some of the work we do.
If you watched, listened to or read the news this morning it is likely that the Met Office played an important part in much of the coverage - we are the most well-known weather information supplier in the UK.
We employ around 1,800 people at 60 sites across the world, most (about 1,400) working out of our headquarters at Exeter.
- 450 work in Research Science
- 730 in Forecasting and Observations
- 290 in IT
- 40 in sales marketing and business development
- 280 in corporate and business support functions like Human Resources, Finance, Procurement and Communications.
- Overseas locations include the Falkland Islands, Ascension Island, Gibraltar, Cyprus and Germany.
- We work with the RAF in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Qatar.
Your career options
Career opportunities at the Met Office fall into six main categories:
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| Forecasting and environmental monitoring |
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| Technology, computing and project management |
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| Engineering |
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| Marketing, sales and business development |
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| Corporate services and business support |
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With a wide variety of jobs in each of these categories, competition to work here can be high.
A quick guide to what you need to work for us:
- If you would like a career in science and scientific software engineering, a sound background in physics or maths to at least degree level is essential.
- To become a meteorological forecaster you will need a physical science degree in addition to physics at GCSE A-level or equivalent.
A 2:1 degree or above will increase your chances of securing employment in options above.
- IT jobs vary for entry level, however, our main programming languages are Fortran, C and Java.
- Entry requirements also vary for jobs in marketing and sales as well as in our corporate services and business support, but previous experience and/or a relevant degree or professional qualification would be to your advantage.
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