Leisure & Tourism

This sector includes jobs in pubs, hotels, restaurants, cafes, takeaways, holiday villages, campsites, amusement parks and visitor attractions, gyms, sports clubs and bookmakers. Good people skills are vital as most jobs in this sector will involve dealing with members of the public on a daily basis.

There are nearly

jobs in this sector in Hull and East Yorkshire

This accounts for over

of jobs in the region

Did you know?

Tourism is worth approximately £963 million to the East Yorkshire economy and is vital for the region’s growth and economic prosperity.
Since 2015, the number of jobs in the leisure and tourism sector in Hull and East Yorkshire has grown by 14%, an increase of 2,935 jobs, making it the third-highest growth in the number of jobs of any sector and the fourth-highest percentage growth in jobs of any sector. It also has the highest post-Covid growth in the number of jobs of any sector, with a total of 3,655 additional jobs.
In Hull and East Yorkshire, the largest leisure and tourism sector employers include restaurants and cafes (6,500 jobs), pubs and bars (5,000 jobs), takeaways and mobile food stands (2,500 jobs), hotels (1,700 jobs), the operation of sports facilities - stadiums, etc. (1,450 jobs), and campsites (1,250 jobs).
Since 2015, the types of leisure and tourism sector employers with the biggest increase in jobs in Hull and East Yorkshire include restaurants and cafes (2,300 additional jobs), takeaways and mobile food stands (700 additional jobs), campsites (350 additional jobs), and holiday centres and villages (310 additional jobs).

Source: BRES (2024)

Will there be opportunities available?

Visitors to the UK were forecast to spend £32.5 billion in 2024, 14% higher than in 2019, and 5% up on 2023, continuing the demand for people to work in this sector.
Tourism is expected to create nearly 700,000 jobs in the UK in the next decade.
Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) has outlined a strategic plan to further enhance the region's tourism industry. Its objectives include building a £1 billion+ visitor economy across Hull and East Yorkshire by 2029. This emphasis on substantial economic growth suggests a positive outlook for employment opportunities in the sector.
In 2024, in Hull and East Yorkshire, the demand for staff to work in the leisure and tourism sector was high – seven of the top forty jobs advertised by companies seeking staff were in this sector. Kitchen and catering assistant was the fourth most advertised job, with 2,400 total online adverts; chef was seventeenth most advertised, with 736 total online adverts; bar and catering supervisor was twenty-fourth, with 570; coffee shop worker was twenty-eighth, with 530; bar staff was twenty-ninth, with 521; cook was thirty-seventh, with 430; and waiters and waitresses was thirty-ninth, with 414.

Source: Visit Britain, World Travel & Tourism Council, VHEY, Lightcast (2025)

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