Jobs in City of Edinburgh
The jobs employers in City of Edinburgh advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work City of Edinburgh has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter19,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised410 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 City of Edinburgh, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Scotland.
- 1Software developer489 a quarter↓ 10% on last year£48,900
- 2Kitchen and catering assistants443 a quarter↓ 5.3% on last year£24,200
- 3Chefs438 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£29,600
- 4Business development manager350 a quarter↑ 5.4% on last year£56,600
- 5Sales assistant339 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£25,200
- 6Business and financial project management professionals336 a quarter↑ 41% on last year£60,800
- 7IT support technician316 a quarter↓ 4.5% on last year£35,400
- 8Systems analyst311 a quarter↑ 6.8% on last year£49,600
- 9Other administrative occupations n.e.c.283 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£29,200
- 10Cleaner282 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£24,500
- 11Business sales executives279 a quarter↑ 23% on last year£36,200
- 12Delivery drivers and couriers238 a quarter↓ 5.9% on last year£27,100
- 13Financial adviser234 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£55,500
- 14Care worker227 a quarter↑ 0.2% on last year£30,200
- 15Customer service occupations n.e.c.223 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£28,100
- 16Receptionist215 a quarter↓ 10% on last year£24,100
- 16Maintenance fitter215 a quarter↑ 1.5% on last year£41,900
- 18Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks213 a quarter↑ 8.6% on last year£30,300
- 19Solicitor212 a quarter↓ 9.3% on last year£50,200
- 20IT managers184 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£54,200
- 21Records clerks and assistants182 a quarter↓ 4.4% on last year£29,400
- 22Bar staff175 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£24,900
- 23Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.166 a quarter↑ 1.6% on last year£28,300
- 24Advertising and marketing associate professionals165 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£28,900
- 25Human resource managers and directors165 a quarter↑ 1.4% on last year£50,400
What City of Edinburgh has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in City of Edinburgh than across the UK. Other researchers, unspecified discipline adverts are 6.4 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in City of Edinburgh over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyll and Bute
- 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 City of Edinburgh 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.