City top for event and festival jobs

New research has named Bath as the UK city with the highest number of job vacancies at event venues.

While the pandemic has impacted the events industry over the past 12 months, venues are now back up and running with Bath taking the crown as the city with the most event vacancies in the country.

Following a 355 per cent increase in Google searches for the term ‘event jobs near me’ in the last six months, a study from events specialists AYRE Event Solutions reveals the top ten event job hotspots in the UK by analysing the percentage of total available job vacancies that are within the events industry.

The top ten UK cities with the highest percentage of eventsrelated jobs are: Bath - 13 per cent; London - 12 per cent; Manchester, Liverpool, Brighton and Chester all 11 per cent; Edinburgh - 10 per cent; York, Birmingham ,Leeds all 9 per cent.

The research shows Bath is the place to be for a career in the events industry, with 13 per cent of all jobs in that location being event-related.

Latest figures for the city show that 338 of its 2,625 job vacancies are for event-specific roles.

Some of the event-related jobs available in Bath include an event chef, an event executive and an events coordinator.

In total, there are 21 event executive roles and 21 event manager roles currently available. Delving into the average salary of an event job in Bath, this comes in at £30,127, which is 5 per cent higher than the county average salary (£28,829).

Taking the second spot is London, with 12 per cent of the jobs in the capital being event-related. Following a 316 per cent increase in people searching for “event jobs London”, the capital is currently advertising 24,198 event-related jobs. However, with the average

London salary standing at over £43,000, event jobs in the capital are 10 per cent lower than the average city salary.

Chris Ayre, managing director at AYRE, said: “The events industry has been one of the most affected by the ongoing government restrictions.

“From wedding planners to festival organisers, people have had to find other ways of making an income, for some, this meant changing industries completely.

“With restrictions now lifted for most events and festivals, it’s exciting to see the industry picking up again, and the increase of event jobs being advertised.

“There are thousands of events and festivals coming up in the next year, and I encourage people to explore the fun and diverse experiences the UK has to offer.”