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Jobs in East Lothian

The jobs employers in East Lothian advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work East Lothian has more of than the rest of the UK.

New job adverts a quarter2,100on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised329 of 412occupations had at least one advert in the year

Most advertised jobs

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in East Lothian, 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.

  1. 1Cleaner84 a quarter↑ 24%£24,500
  2. 2Care worker75 a quarter↓ 17%£30,200
  3. 3Kitchen and catering assistants68 a quarter↑ 2%£24,200
  4. 4Chefs54 a quarter↑ 4.5%£29,600
  5. 5Delivery drivers and couriers49 a quarter↓ 35%£27,100
  6. 6Sales assistant47 a quarter→ 0%£25,200
  7. 7Maintenance fitter45 a quarter↑ 58%£41,900
  8. 8Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers34 a quarter↑ 127%£38,800
  9. 9Other administrative occupations n.e.c.32 a quarter↓ 29%£29,200
  10. 10Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.31 a quarter↓ 22%£41,100
  11. 11IT support technician29 a quarter↑ 7.4%£35,400
  12. 11Nursing auxiliaries and assistants29 a quarter↓ 15%£33,000
  13. 13Early education and childcare practitioners26 a quarter→ 0%£26,800
  14. 14Primary education teaching professionals23 a quarter↓ 50%£49,900
  15. 15Warehouse operatives23 a quarter↑ 6.2%£28,100
  16. 16Business sales executives22 a quarter↑ 163%£36,200
  17. 17Other registered nursing professionals21 a quarter↓ 54%£45,000
  18. 18Security guards and related occupations20 a quarter↓ 4.9%£32,500
  19. 19Teaching assistant19 a quarter↓ 51%£22,000
  20. 20Food, drink and tobacco process operatives18 a quarter↑ 28%£28,500
  21. 20Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.18 a quarter↓ 8.3%£28,000
  22. 22Receptionist17 a quarter↑ 6.2%£24,100
  23. 23Systems analyst16 a quarter↑ 227%£49,600
  24. 24Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors16 a quarter↑ 153%£42,700 UK
  25. 25Catering manager16 a quarter↓ 6%£28,100

What East Lothian has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in East Lothian than across the UK. Industrial cleaner adverts are 4.5 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Industrial cleaner4.5×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.3.8×
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.3.7×
Cleaner2.6×
Kitchen and catering assistants2.3×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.1×
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives1.9×
Catering manager1.8×
Early education and childcare practitioners1.8×
Primary education teaching professionals1.7×
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Same as UK (1×)
Industrial cleaner4.5×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.3.8×
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.3.7×
Cleaner2.6×
Kitchen and catering assistants2.3×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.1×
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives1.9×
Catering manager1.8×
Early education and childcare practitioners1.8×
Primary education teaching professionals1.7×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in East Lothian over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in Scotland

Sources

Job adverts, what East Lothian 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.