Jobs in East Ayrshire
The jobs employers in East Ayrshire advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work East Ayrshire has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter1,600on 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 East Ayrshire, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Scotland.
- 1Care worker89 a quarter↓ 8.7% on last year£30,200
- 2Cleaner53 a quarter↓ 5.4% on last year£24,500
- 3Sales assistant50 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£25,200
- 4Delivery drivers and couriers46 a quarter↓ 4.9% on last year£27,100
- 5Kitchen and catering assistants41 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£24,200
- 6Nursing auxiliaries and assistants38 a quarter↓ 9.5% on last year£33,000
- 7Other administrative occupations n.e.c.31 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£29,200
- 8Business sales executives31 a quarter↑ 143% on last year£36,200
- 9IT support technician25 a quarter↓ 3.8% on last year£35,400
- 10Customer service occupations n.e.c.25 a quarter↓ 24% on last year£28,100
- 11Other registered nursing professionals25 a quarter↓ 47% on last year£45,000
- 12Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians23 a quarter↑ 4.8% on last year£37,500
- 13Chefs21 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£29,600
- 14Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers21 a quarter↑ 58% on last year£38,800
- 15Maintenance fitter20 a quarter↓ 44% on last year£41,900
- 16Records clerks and assistants18 a quarter↑ 45% on last year£29,400
- 17Personal assistants and other secretaries18 a quarter↑ 29% on last year£31,700
- 18Warehouse operatives16 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£28,100
- 19Specialist medical practitioners and consultants16 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£121,800
- 19Early education and childcare practitioners16 a quarter↑ 417% on last year£26,800
- 19Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks16 a quarter↑ 33% on last year£30,300
- 22Business development manager14 a quarter↑ 125% on last year£56,600
- 22Security guards and related occupations14 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£32,500
- 24Electrician13 a quarter↑ 8.3% on last year£38,000
- 25IT managers12 a quarter↑ 150% on last year£54,200
What East Ayrshire has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in East Ayrshire than across the UK. Care worker adverts are 2.3 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in East Ayrshire over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyll and Bute
- City of Edinburgh
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dundee City
- 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 East Ayrshire 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.