Jobs in Derry City and Strabane
The jobs employers in Derry City and Strabane advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Derry City and Strabane has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter1,800on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised326 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 Derry City and Strabane, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Northern Ireland, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Sales assistant90 a quarter↑ 14% on last year£25,100 UK
- 2Care worker74 a quarter↑ 19% on last year£27,500 UK
- 3Kitchen and catering assistants42 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£22,900 UK
- 4Business development manager42 a quarter↑ 89% on last year£57,600 UK
- 5Software developer39 a quarter↑ 255% on last year£56,900 UK
- 6Other administrative occupations n.e.c.39 a quarter↓ 32% on last year£28,300 UK
- 7IT support technician38 a quarter↑ 2.7% on last year£35,100 UK
- 7Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks38 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£31,600 UK
- 9Business sales executives32 a quarter↑ 4.8% on last year£37,900 UK
- 10Nursing auxiliaries and assistants31 a quarter↑ 11% on last year£29,100 UK
- 11Customer service occupations n.e.c.28 a quarter↓ 4.5% on last year£27,800 UK
- 12Delivery drivers and couriers28 a quarter↑ 24% on last year£27,900 UK
- 13Cleaner25 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£24,100 UK
- 14Chefs23 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£30,000 UK
- 15Other registered nursing professionals21 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£42,300 UK
- 16Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers18 a quarter→ 0% on last year£23,300 UK
- 17Warehouse manager18 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£37,500 UK
- 17Security guards and related occupations18 a quarter↑ 50% on last year£33,800 UK
- 19Receptionist18 a quarter↑ 36% on last year£24,700 UK
- 20Maintenance fitter18 a quarter↓ 29% on last year£40,800 UK
- 21Catering manager17 a quarter↑ 65% on last year£29,800 UK
- 22Food, drink and tobacco process operatives17 a quarter↑ 47% on last year£28,200 UK
- 23Specialist medical practitioners and consultants16 a quarter↑ 63% on last year£92,800 UK
- 24Business and financial project management professionals15 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£59,800 UK
- 25Warehouse operatives14 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£27,800 UK
What Derry City and Strabane has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Derry City and Strabane than across the UK. Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers adverts are 3.6 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Derry City and Strabane over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Ards and North Down
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Belfast
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Mid and East Antrim
- Mid Ulster
- Newry, Mourne and Down
Sources
- Job adverts, what Derry City and Strabane 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.