UK workers seem increasingly happy to stay in their current role, while nearly three-quarters have no long-term career plan, find two surveys.

Media recruiter PFJ has found that an increasing number of UK workers are content to stay put in their current job, with confidence about other opportunities declining.

PFJ’s survey of nearly 1,000 workers finds a 7% decline compared to last year’s survey in the number of people believing that another job similar to theirs exists. This coincides with a rise from 20% of people last year to 25% this year who ‘strongly agree’ they will stay in their current position.

As was the case last year, the top factor for people leaving or considering leaving their job was a lack of career opportunities if they stay put, at 49% (2011: 51%).

Meanwhile, a survey from Adecco group recruiter Office Angels, also of 1,000 people, finds that 71.6% of UK workers have either no career plan or just a one- to two-year plan.

Just one in 20 said they had a six to 10-year plan.

Steven Kirkpatrick, managing director of Office Angels, comments: “While responsibility for career planning sits first and foremost with the individual, we believe employers can aid this planning by helping their employees develop professionally.

“By advising and aiding the development of their employees, employers can demonstrate the opportunities for fulfilling their long-term goals within their existing job.”