Almost half of workers (46%) are not looking for another job, according to research from global professional services company Towers Watson.

The research, which covered 20,000 employees from private sector organisations across 22 countries, also shows that 12% of people are actively looking for another job, with a further 4% having made plans to do so, while 37% are not looking though would consider another offer if one presented itself.

The research also shows that 81% see a secure and stable position as important but 59% want a wide range of jobs and experiences, and 58% want the opportunity to rapidly develop their skills and abilities.

The top three three most significant barriers to advancing worker’s careers were: no career advancement opportunities (53%), organisations cutting the number of job levels so there is less opportunity of advancement (42%) and problems to identifying opportunities available (37%).