If you're looking for a job in 2013, here are the industries and regions to keep an eye on.

Infrastructure, Hampshire/National
Nearly £13m is to be invested on upgrading motorways and A-roads in Hampshire, with improvements on the M27, M3, A34 and A3 part of a £217m national programme to improve traffic flow.

The £12.8 being spent is expected to help create up to 40,000 jobs between 2013 and 2015. Added to this, more than 23,000 new homes are scheduled for build in the county by 2020, creating jobs for the local construction industry.

Retail, NationalThe high street has undeniably suffered over the last few years but there are retailers who plan to expand and take on more staff next year.

Department store chain Debenhams plans to open 17 new stores over the next five years, with locations including Cheshire Oaks, Fort Kinnaird, Beverley, Wandsworth, Scunthorpe, Darlington, Shrewsbury and Newport, South Wales.

German supermarket chain Aldi is in the middle of a two-year plan to open 40 new stores, having seen a huge surge in trade after successfully moving upmarket and gaining recognition for its high-quality produce at low prices.

There will also be opportunities in the rapidly expanding designer shopping village sector, led by firms like McArthur Glen - which very recently gained planning permission for a new £35m development in Swindon.

Pharmaceuticals, North WestRecruitment specialists Hays Life Sciences have identified the North West as a particular growth hotspot for the pharmaceuticals industry, with major players still expanding and new start-ups springing up around them.

The company's Manchester director David Nixon said: 'The excellent transport links, outstanding universities, affordable office and laboratory space is fast making the North West an attractive place to do business. This is particularly true for the growing number of start-ups in the region.'

Redx Pharma, based in Liverpool, recently secured £4.7 million in regional development funding to create nearly 150 jobs developing new anti-viral treatments over the coming years.

Tech start-ups, East LondonEast London has changed dramatically over the last decade with urban regeneration accelerated by the Olympic Games, but the area has also become a hotspot for computer technology start-ups.

Known as Silicon Roundabout or Tech City, the area in question is centred on Old Street - but business is expected to spread eastwards as businesses move into the legacy facilities left behind by the Olympics.

In a recent opinion piece for the BBC, Tudor Aw, KPMG's Head of Technology Europe, said: 'The number of UK seed and start-up companies that have benefited from venture capital investment has grown steadily over the last few years, despite the financial crisis. Today, almost 5,000 digital and technology companies are estimated to be operating in East London, almost half of all the UK start-ups.'

New tax breaks and support measures for the creative industries are intended to keep the momentum going - so London (and the more established 'Silicon Fen' area up the M11 in Cambridgeshire) is the place to look for tech jobs.

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