The major source of employment in Lyneham is derived on the airbase, currently employing over 2500 service personnel and around 750 civilian employees. Lyneham is considered a dormitory village in respect of other employment, in that many of the non-service families tend to travel locally for their employment. Swindon is a major source of employment for residents, both engineering and business type.

There are limited businesses in the proximity of Lyneham that employ over 20 staff, many are small shops, pubs or food takeaway’s. Unemployment is low at 2.5% but around 40% of the working population commute out of the area. Given that the village population on the electoral roll is around 3100 people, full time local job opportunities are few.

Regeneration of industry employment opportunities in the future as a result of the planned closure of the airbase by 2012 must be seriously considered. Future development of the estate should be measured with the type of business opportunity. The high number of skilled engineering manpower currently working on the airbase, if those skilled opportunities are not made available in the future, there will be some economic implications within family budgets who are on higher than average salaries.

In the region, as the skills shortage for qualified and experienced staff continues into the year, the need for companies to find both permanent and contract staff becomes increasingly more difficult. Recruitment Agencies are a fast and easy way for companies to obtain high quality candidates with minimum effort. As more and more agents specialise in certain skills or industries companies and candidates using these agencies can easily filter down to find the relevant employment. Looking for a career, then take one step towards our online careers offices locally. Step here..