[08/10/2016]

Australia has been an attractive destination for skilled UK workers. General practitioners and resident medical officers, Advertising and marketing professionals, Human resource professionals and Registered nurses are at the top of the list of professionals who move to Australia from United Kingdom.

Occupations	No. of emigrants (2014–15)
	457 visa	189, 189, 489 visas
General practitioners and resident medical officers General Practitioner Resident Medical Officer	782	147
Advertising and marketing professionals Advertising Specialist Market Research Analyst Marketing Specialist	541
Human resource professionals Human Resource Adviser Recruitment Consultant Workplace Relations Adviser	483
Management and organisation analysts Conference and Event Organiser	292
Advertising, public relations and sales managers Sales and Marketing Manager Advertising Manager Public Relations Manager	284
Registered nurses Nurse Practitioner Registered Nurse (Aged Care) Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health) Registered Nurse (Community Health) Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability) Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation) Registered Nurse (Medical) Registered Nurse (Medical Practice) Registered Nurse (Mental Health) Registered Nurse (Perioperative) Registered Nurse (Surgical) Registered Nurse (Paediatrics) Registered Nurses nec	214	313
Cafe and restaurant managers Cafe or Restaurant Manager	170
Carpenters and joiners Carpenter and Joiner Carpenter Joiner	168	110
Call or contact centre and customer service managers Call or Contact Centre Manager Customer Service Manager	161
Accountants Accountant (General) Management Accountant Taxation Accountant		174
Secondary school teachers Secondary School Teacher		138
Electricians Electrician (General) Electrician (Special Class) Lift Mechanic		130
Other medical practitioners Dermatologist Emergency Medicine Specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Ophthalmologist Pathologist Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist Radiation Oncologist Medical Practitioners nec		126
Software and applications programmers Analyst Programmer Developer Programmer Software Engineer Software Tester Software and Applications Programmers nec		85
Other engineering professionals Aeronautical Engineer Agricultural Engineer Biomedical Engineer Engineering Technologist Environmental Engineer Naval Architect (Aus) \ Marine Designer (NZ) Engineering Professionals nec		73
Dental practitioners Dental Specialist Dentist		65

source: DIBP