Jobs in Argyll and Bute
The jobs employers in Argyll and Bute advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Argyll and Bute has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter1,900on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised336 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 Argyll and Bute, 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.
- 1Chefs70 a quarter↑ 2.9% on last year£29,600
- 2Care worker69 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£30,200
- 3Kitchen and catering assistants59 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£24,200
- 4Cleaner58 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£24,500
- 5Delivery drivers and couriers41 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£27,100
- 6Other administrative occupations n.e.c.38 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£29,200
- 7Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers35 a quarter↑ 250% on last year£38,800
- 8Maintenance fitter31 a quarter↓ 41% on last year£41,900
- 9Nursing auxiliaries and assistants28 a quarter↑ 9.8% on last year£33,000
- 9Sales assistant28 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£25,200
- 11Receptionist25 a quarter↑ 36% on last year£24,100
- 12Business and financial project management professionals24 a quarter↑ 77% on last year£60,800
- 12Social worker24 a quarter↑ 33% on last year£45,500
- 12IT technicians24 a quarter↑ 26% on last year£35,800
- 12Security guards and related occupations24 a quarter↑ 109% on last year£32,500
- 16Waiter24 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£16,000
- 17Records clerks and assistants21 a quarter↑ 5.1% on last year£29,400
- 18Other registered nursing professionals21 a quarter↓ 16% on last year£45,000
- 19Warehouse operatives20 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£28,100
- 20Electrician19 a quarter↓ 67% on last year£38,000
- 21Road construction operatives19 a quarter↑ 68% on last year£35,300
- 22IT managers18 a quarter↑ 108% on last year£54,200
- 23Merchandisers18 a quarter↑ 169% on last year£32,200 UK
- 24Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors17 a quarter↑ 49% on last year£28,400
- 25IT support technician17 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£35,400
What Argyll and Bute has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Argyll and Bute than across the UK. Social worker adverts are 3.0 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Argyll and Bute over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- 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 Argyll and Bute 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.