Jobs in Fife
The jobs employers in Fife advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Fife has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter7,100on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised390 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 Fife, 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 worker300 a quarter↑ 8.1% on last year£30,200
- 2Cleaner210 a quarter↑ 9.7% on last year£24,500
- 3Sales assistant195 a quarter↓ 6.3% on last year£25,200
- 4Kitchen and catering assistants188 a quarter↑ 2.2% on last year£24,200
- 5Delivery drivers and couriers185 a quarter↓ 5.6% on last year£27,100
- 6Chefs176 a quarter↓ 0.8% on last year£29,600
- 7Personal assistants and other secretaries138 a quarter↑ 56% on last year£31,700
- 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.114 a quarter↓ 2.6% on last year£29,200
- 9Other registered nursing professionals110 a quarter↑ 4.8% on last year£45,000
- 10Maintenance fitter106 a quarter↑ 6.2% on last year£41,900
- 11IT support technician98 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£35,400
- 12Warehouse operatives97 a quarter↑ 0.7% on last year£28,100
- 13Nursing auxiliaries and assistants91 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£33,000
- 14Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks82 a quarter↑ 7.1% on last year£30,300
- 15Business sales executives81 a quarter↑ 34% on last year£36,200
- 16Customer service occupations n.e.c.79 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£28,100
- 17Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers78 a quarter↑ 77% on last year£38,800
- 18Registered nurse practitioners77 a quarter↑ 711% on last year£47,200
- 19Business development manager76 a quarter↑ 63% on last year£56,600
- 20Therapy professionals n.e.c.74 a quarter↑ 1544% on last year£37,600 UK
- 21Records clerks and assistants70 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£29,400
- 22Food, drink and tobacco process operatives66 a quarter↓ 8.7% on last year£28,500
- 23Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.65 a quarter↑ 39% on last year£41,100
- 24Receptionist62 a quarter↓ 3.6% on last year£24,100
- 25Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians61 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£37,500
What Fife has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Fife than across the UK. Therapy professionals n.e.c. adverts are 5.8 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Fife 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
- 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 Fife 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.