Jobs in Orkney Islands
The jobs employers in Orkney Islands advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Orkney Islands has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter548on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised238 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 Orkney Islands, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Scotland.
- 1Care worker21 a quarter↓ 8.9% on last year£30,200
- 2Kitchen and catering assistants14 a quarter↑ 7.5% on last year£24,200
- 3Sales assistant13 a quarter↑ 150% on last year£25,200
- 4Cleaner12 a quarter↓ 44% on last year£24,500
- 5Delivery drivers and couriers12 a quarter↑ 218% on last year£27,100
- 6Other administrative occupations n.e.c.11 a quarter↑ 100% on last year£29,200
- 7Customer service occupations n.e.c.10 a quarter↑ 29% on last year£28,100
- 8Chefs10 a quarter↑ 50% on last year£29,600
- 9Primary education teaching professionals9 a quarter↓ 50% on last year£49,900
- 9Social worker9 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£45,500
- 9Warehouse operatives9 a quarter↑ 350% on last year£28,100
- 12Senior care worker9 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£29,200
- 13Secondary education teaching professionals8 a quarter↑ 100% on last year£49,900
- 14Warehouse manager8 a quarter↑ 77% on last year£34,900
- 15IT support technician8 a quarter↑ 200% on last year£35,400
- 15Business sales executives8 a quarter↑ 500% on last year£36,200
- 15Maintenance fitter8 a quarter↑ 50% on last year£41,900
- 18Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers7 a quarter↑ 180% on last year£38,800
- 18Security guards and related occupations7 a quarter↑ 56% on last year£32,500
- 20Early education and childcare practitioners7 a quarter↑ 86% on last year£26,800
- 20Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians7 a quarter↑ 200% on last year£37,500
- 20Housekeepers and related occupations7 a quarter↑ 333% on last year£25,300
- 23Systems analyst6 a quarter↑ 800% on last year£49,600
- 23Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.6 a quarter↑ 71% on last year£30,400
- 23Business development manager6 a quarter– on last year£56,600
What Orkney Islands has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Orkney Islands than across the UK. Kitchen and catering assistants adverts are 1.9 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Orkney Islands over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Aberdeen City
- 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
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- Scottish Borders
- Shetland Islands
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
Sources
- Job adverts, what Orkney Islands 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.