Jobs in South Lanarkshire
The jobs employers in South Lanarkshire advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work South Lanarkshire has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter5,800on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised380 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 South Lanarkshire, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Scotland.
- 1Care worker219 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£30,200
- 2Delivery drivers and couriers164 a quarter↓ 6.3% on last year£27,100
- 3Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers131 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£38,800
- 4Sales assistant127 a quarter↓ 16% on last year£25,200
- 5Warehouse operatives116 a quarter↑ 3% on last year£28,100
- 6Cleaner115 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£24,500
- 7Kitchen and catering assistants114 a quarter↑ 1.2% on last year£24,200
- 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.109 a quarter↓ 4.1% on last year£29,200
- 9Maintenance fitter105 a quarter↑ 10% on last year£41,900
- 10IT support technician103 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£35,400
- 11Business sales executives97 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£36,200
- 12Customer service occupations n.e.c.87 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£28,100
- 13Business development manager83 a quarter↑ 35% on last year£56,600
- 14Chefs82 a quarter↓ 0.8% on last year£29,600
- 15Nursing auxiliaries and assistants77 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£33,000
- 16Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians70 a quarter↓ 5.9% on last year£37,500
- 17Records clerks and assistants70 a quarter↑ 8.9% on last year£29,400
- 18Other registered nursing professionals66 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£45,000
- 19Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks57 a quarter↓ 24% on last year£30,300
- 20Business and financial project management professionals55 a quarter↑ 11% on last year£60,800
- 21Software developer53 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£48,900
- 22Systems analyst52 a quarter↑ 107% on last year£49,600
- 23Food, drink and tobacco process operatives51 a quarter↑ 1.3% on last year£28,500
- 24Personal assistants and other secretaries50 a quarter↑ 186% on last year£31,700
- 25Early education and childcare practitioners48 a quarter↑ 34% on last year£26,800
What South Lanarkshire has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in South Lanarkshire than across the UK. Vehicle valeters and cleaners adverts are 3.2 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in South Lanarkshire 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
- Orkney Islands
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- Scottish Borders
- Shetland Islands
- South Ayrshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
Sources
- Job adverts, what South Lanarkshire 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.