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LinkedIn Top Companies 2026: The 25 best large employers to grow your career in the UK
For a decade, LinkedIn’s annual Top Companies list has sought to uncover that for professionals, highlighting the best workplaces to grow your career in the UK. Entirely based on LinkedIn data, the methodology evaluates companies on various elements of career progression, including how employees are picking up new skills or how quickly they’re getting promoted while at the company.
Top skills on the rise in the UK
Want to unlock the next chapter of your career? Our annual list of Skills on the Rise in the UK highlights the fastest-growing skills that professionals should be investing in to stay ahead in the world of work. From AI and machine learning to leadership and communication, these are the areas that professionals are prioritising and increasingly getting hired for. See the full list and weigh in: What skills do you think will be most valuable in the year ahead
The skills you need in the AI age
If you want to thrive in the age of artificial intelligence, it may be worth doubling down on strong social skills. Those abilities have mattered more than mathematical skills for labour market success in recent years, John Burn-Murdoch writes in the Financial Times. He presents data showing that in 1980 people with strong social skills and weak mathematical skills earned less. Today, that relationship has reversed.
‘Microshifting’ challenges the 9-5
More workers are ditching the traditional 9-5 in favour of “microshifting”. The practice involves “structured flexibility with short, non-linear work blocks”, according to Owl labs. Their research finds 65% of workers favour microshifting – particularly parents and caregivers. But is it a new trend or just another way of describing employee demands for flexibility and autonomy?
Discover how you learn best
Learning styles are as diverse as personalities. To build skills more effectively, it helps to understand your own approach. Career consultant Patrick Phillips notes 10 personality traits that shape how adults learn: while extraverts may thrive on debate, others benefit from quiet reflection and encouragement.
Ideas set to shape 2026
With developments across science, technology, work and wellbeing continuing to gather pace, what’s next for 2026? Every year, LinkedIn News spotlights bold predictions from our editors and experts around the world, from Melinda French Gates to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, that are poised to define the year ahead.