Jobs in the UK by industry

24,045 open roles
6,573 posted in the last 7 days
19 industries in 15 cities
Updated 15 Oct 2026

In October 2026 there are 24,045 open jobs in the UK, and new postings are down 19% on last month. Sales, customer service and finance have the most open roles. London has 8,657 of them and Manchester 808. On last month, new postings grew most in legal (+8%) and data (+6%), and fell most in production (−38%).

By industry

	Open roles	Change	London	Manchester	Bristol	Birmingham	Glasgow	Edinburgh	Leeds	Newcastle	Cambridge	Oxford	Nottingham	Cardiff	Liverpool	Sheffield	Brighton
Sales	6,671	−20%	2,204	205	108	110	112	106	103	71	45	46	49	47	51	46	35
Customer Service	5,487	−35%	859	143	99	86	131	107	75	50	46	48	53	50	53	43	31
Finance	4,518	−16%	2,289	149	89	73	118	98	48		33
Marketing	4,124	−16%	2,019	145	52	47	36	52	50
Engineering	3,705	−8%	1,122	153	139	101	94	62	73	64	46		35	41
Administration	3,653	−22%	935	89	64	81	63	76	64	34	41				33
Hospitality	3,088	−19%	905	84	32	47	62	96	33		33
Logistics	2,566	−31%	446	69	62	52	40		35
Healthcare	2,080	−23%	509	52		57	28	52	38		75	53
Data	1,969	+6%	1,223	61	55		34	24
Construction	1,884	+3%	456	110	97	110	66	38	73	49				44
Software Engineering	1,619	−7%	792	60	62		33	29		32	27
Project Management	1,526	−6%	680	52	51	41	23		40
IT Infrastructure	1,181	−9%	568	36	36		30
Human Resources	838	−13%	406	37
Education	529	−9%	172
Research	389	−16%	120
Social Care	292	−19%	40
Legal	179	+8%	101