Jobs in Falkirk
The jobs employers in Falkirk advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Falkirk has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter2,600on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised352 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 Falkirk, 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 worker105 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£30,200
- 2Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers92 a quarter↑ 20% on last year£38,800
- 3Delivery drivers and couriers75 a quarter↓ 3% on last year£27,100
- 4Cleaner65 a quarter↓ 23% on last year£24,500
- 5Sales assistant62 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£25,200
- 6Kitchen and catering assistants59 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£24,200
- 7Other administrative occupations n.e.c.48 a quarter↓ 4% on last year£29,200
- 8Customer service occupations n.e.c.47 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£28,100
- 9Business sales executives45 a quarter↑ 11% on last year£36,200
- 10Maintenance fitter42 a quarter↓ 35% on last year£41,900
- 10Nursing auxiliaries and assistants42 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£33,000
- 12Warehouse operatives41 a quarter↓ 28% on last year£28,100
- 13Records clerks and assistants36 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£29,400
- 14Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians35 a quarter↓ 52% on last year£37,500
- 15IT support technician32 a quarter↑ 1.6% on last year£35,400
- 16Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks30 a quarter↓ 33% on last year£30,300
- 17Other registered nursing professionals30 a quarter↓ 7.8% on last year£45,000
- 18Business development manager27 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£56,600
- 19Construction operatives n.e.c.26 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£30,600
- 20Educational support assistants24 a quarter↓ 4% on last year£21,400 UK
- 21Plumber22 a quarter↓ 5.3% on last year£39,500
- 22Electrician22 a quarter↑ 64% on last year£38,000
- 23Food, drink and tobacco process operatives21 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£28,500
- 24Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.21 a quarter↑ 91% on last year£51,300
- 24Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.21 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£28,000
What Falkirk has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Falkirk than across the UK. Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers adverts are 2.9 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Falkirk 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
- 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 Falkirk 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.