Jobs in Basildon
The jobs employers in Basildon advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Basildon has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter6,700on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised382 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 Basildon, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in East of England, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Business development manager172 a quarter↑ 59% on last year£54,000
- 2Care worker148 a quarter↑ 10% on last year£27,800
- 3Delivery drivers and couriers143 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£28,600
- 4Software developer128 a quarter↑ 85% on last year£61,000
- 5Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers115 a quarter↑ 64% on last year£41,000
- 6Business sales executives113 a quarter↑ 43% on last year£35,200
- 7Maintenance fitter106 a quarter↑ 38% on last year£40,500
- 8Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians99 a quarter↑ 73% on last year£38,100
- 9Solicitor97 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£57,000 UK
- 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.94 a quarter↑ 1.1% on last year£28,000
- 11Warehouse operatives91 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£29,100
- 12Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks89 a quarter↑ 10% on last year£30,800
- 13Records clerks and assistants88 a quarter↑ 30% on last year£28,700
- 13Cleaner88 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£24,800
- 15Systems analyst80 a quarter↑ 53% on last year£53,000
- 16Sales assistant79 a quarter↓ 2.5% on last year£25,300
- 17Business and financial project management professionals78 a quarter↑ 43% on last year£60,400
- 18Human resources officer69 a quarter↓ 1.7% on last year£34,900
- 19Specialist medical practitioners and consultants67 a quarter↑ 8.1% on last year£92,800 UK
- 20Chefs65 a quarter↓ 28% on last year£29,300
- 20Nursing auxiliaries and assistants65 a quarter↑ 55% on last year£28,700
- 22IT support technician64 a quarter↓ 9.9% on last year£37,300
- 22Other vocational and industrial trainers64 a quarter↑ 1.6% on last year£35,300
- 24Educational support assistants63 a quarter↓ 8.7% on last year£19,300
- 25Estimator62 a quarter↑ 37% on last year£40,500
What Basildon has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Basildon than across the UK. Chartered surveyors adverts are 2.9 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Basildon over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Babergh
- Bedford
- Braintree
- Breckland
- Brentwood
- Broadland
- Broxbourne
- Cambridge
- Castle Point
- Central Bedfordshire
- Chelmsford
- Colchester
- Dacorum
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Hertfordshire
- East Suffolk
- Epping Forest
- Fenland
- Great Yarmouth
- Harlow
- Hertsmere
- Huntingdonshire
- Ipswich
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Luton
- Maldon
- Mid Suffolk
- North Hertfordshire
- North Norfolk
- Norwich
- Peterborough
- Rochford
- South Cambridgeshire
- South Norfolk
- Southend-on-Sea
- St Albans
- Stevenage
- Tendring
- Three Rivers
- Thurrock
- Uttlesford
- Watford
- Welwyn Hatfield
- West Suffolk
Sources
- Job adverts, what Basildon 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.