Career Prospects: Trading, Sales, Structuring

Markets have changed a lot in recent years (as everyone knows). Most threads on this are quite old.

Breaking it down in terms of Fixed Income and Equities, how do career prospects look for someone starting out in Trading, Sales, or Structuring?

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