Jobs in Aberdeenshire
The jobs employers in Aberdeenshire advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Aberdeenshire has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter3,700on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised369 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 Aberdeenshire, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Scotland, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker143 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£30,200
- 2Cleaner109 a quarter↑ 6.3% on last year£24,500
- 3Kitchen and catering assistants91 a quarter↑ 3.8% on last year£24,200
- 4Maintenance fitter82 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£41,900
- 5Chefs81 a quarter↑ 7.6% on last year£29,600
- 6IT support technician78 a quarter↑ 24% on last year£35,400
- 7Nursing auxiliaries and assistants77 a quarter↓ 4.3% on last year£33,000
- 8Delivery drivers and couriers75 a quarter↓ 8.9% on last year£27,100
- 9Sales assistant72 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£25,200
- 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.59 a quarter↓ 2.2% on last year£29,200
- 11Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers56 a quarter↑ 63% on last year£38,800
- 12Warehouse operatives50 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£28,100
- 13Records clerks and assistants41 a quarter↓ 5.4% on last year£29,400
- 14Other registered nursing professionals38 a quarter↓ 29% on last year£45,000
- 15Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.37 a quarter↑ 34% on last year£41,100
- 16Business development manager37 a quarter→ 0% on last year£56,600
- 17Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks35 a quarter↓ 35% on last year£30,300
- 18Business sales executives35 a quarter↑ 3.4% on last year£36,200
- 18Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians35 a quarter↑ 30% on last year£37,500
- 20Business and financial project management professionals34 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£60,800
- 21Food, drink and tobacco process operatives31 a quarter↓ 28% on last year£28,500
- 22Primary education teaching professionals31 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£49,900
- 23Quantity surveyor29 a quarter↑ 7.4% on last year£52,000
- 24Higher level teaching assistants27 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£25,400 UK
- 25Customer service occupations n.e.c.27 a quarter↓ 39% on last year£28,100
What Aberdeenshire has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Aberdeenshire than across the UK. Bus or coach driver adverts are 4.3 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Aberdeenshire over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Aberdeen City
- 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
- South Lanarkshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
Sources
- Job adverts, what Aberdeenshire 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.