Jobs in South Ayrshire
The jobs employers in South Ayrshire advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work South Ayrshire has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter2,100on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised343 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 Ayrshire, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Scotland.
- 1Care worker104 a quarter↓ 8.8% on last year£30,200
- 2Sales assistant64 a quarter↓ 0.8% on last year£25,200
- 3Kitchen and catering assistants61 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£24,200
- 4Cleaner60 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£24,500
- 5Nursing auxiliaries and assistants49 a quarter↑ 24% on last year£33,000
- 6IT support technician47 a quarter↑ 8.1% on last year£35,400
- 7Chefs45 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£29,600
- 8Delivery drivers and couriers40 a quarter↑ 3.5% on last year£27,100
- 9Other administrative occupations n.e.c.37 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£29,200
- 10Other registered nursing professionals37 a quarter↓ 37% on last year£45,000
- 11Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians33 a quarter↑ 67% on last year£37,500
- 12Maintenance fitter33 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£41,900
- 13Customer service occupations n.e.c.32 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£28,100
- 14Business sales executives29 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£36,200
- 15Primary education teaching professionals28 a quarter↓ 61% on last year£49,900
- 16Security guards and related occupations26 a quarter↑ 8.3% on last year£32,500
- 17Warehouse operatives25 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£28,100
- 18Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks22 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£30,300
- 19Catering manager20 a quarter↓ 4.7% on last year£28,100
- 20Receptionist20 a quarter↓ 32% on last year£24,100
- 21Bar staff20 a quarter↑ 9.3% on last year£24,900
- 22Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers20 a quarter↑ 179% on last year£38,800
- 23Electrician19 a quarter↑ 150% on last year£38,000
- 24Early education and childcare practitioners18 a quarter↑ 21% on last year£26,800
- 24Senior care worker18 a quarter↓ 2.8% on last year£29,200
What South Ayrshire has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in South Ayrshire than across the UK. Sports and leisure assistants adverts are 5.5 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in South Ayrshire 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 Lanarkshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
Sources
- Job adverts, what South Ayrshire 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.