Jobs in Aberdeen City
The jobs employers in Aberdeen City advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Aberdeen City has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter6,600on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised393 of 412occupations had at least one advert in the year
Most advertised jobs
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in Aberdeen City, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Scotland, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Business development manager172 a quarter↑ 35% on last year£56,600
- 2Maintenance fitter135 a quarter↓ 3.6% on last year£41,900
- 3Business sales executives125 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£36,200
- 4Business and financial project management professionals120 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£60,800
- 5Sales assistant116 a quarter↓ 16% on last year£25,200
- 6Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks115 a quarter↓ 35% on last year£30,300
- 7IT support technician107 a quarter↓ 4.5% on last year£35,400
- 8Software developer99 a quarter↑ 45% on last year£48,900
- 9Kitchen and catering assistants98 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£24,200
- 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.96 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£29,200
- 11Delivery drivers and couriers94 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£27,100
- 12Cleaner94 a quarter↑ 5.1% on last year£24,500
- 13Chefs92 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£29,600
- 14Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians85 a quarter↑ 26% on last year£37,500
- 15Systems analyst83 a quarter↑ 55% on last year£49,600
- 16Records clerks and assistants79 a quarter↓ 6.3% on last year£29,400
- 17Nursing auxiliaries and assistants77 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£33,000
- 18Warehouse operatives75 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£28,100
- 19Care worker73 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£30,200
- 20Electrician69 a quarter→ 0% on last year£38,000
- 21Engineering technicians66 a quarter↑ 4.7% on last year£42,600
- 22Civil engineers61 a quarter↓ 36% on last year£55,200
- 23Customer service occupations n.e.c.61 a quarter↓ 3.2% on last year£28,100
- 24Other registered nursing professionals56 a quarter↓ 41% on last year£45,000
- 25Engineering project managers and project engineers55 a quarter↓ 10% on last year£53,100 UK
What Aberdeen City has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Aberdeen City than across the UK. Engineering project managers and project engineers adverts are 4.0 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Aberdeen City over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyll and Bute
- City of Edinburgh
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dundee City
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Glasgow City
- Highland
- Inverclyde
- Midlothian
- Moray
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Orkney Islands
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- Scottish Borders
- Shetland Islands
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
Sources
- Job adverts, what Aberdeen City has more of
- ONS, online job adverts by local authority (Textkernel), July 2025 to June 2026. An official statistic in development; counts are new online adverts, not every vacancy. Quarters ONS withheld are left out of averages.
- Typical pay
- ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time employees
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.