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According to research by the Chartered Management Institute, three per cent of executives are finding themselves out of work - double the figure for 2007.
Senior redundancies previously reached 3.7 per cent in 2001.
Executives in East Anglia are those most at risk, with 21.1 per cent facing the axe, according to this year's National Management Survey.
Writing for Investor's Chronicle, Julian Whittle advises those who occupations are under threat not cash in any investments and move out of the market, but to use the current economic downturn to clear out benign stocks and shares from their portfolios. Doing so will benefit independent investors when the economy improves, she argues.
Ms Whittle also says that in an inflationary environment, investors should be holding real assets.
Those whose job prospects seem uncertain can learn the tips of the stock market trade with a free trading seminar hosted by Knowledge to Action.
