Jobs in Bolton
The jobs employers in Bolton advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Bolton has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter6,800on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised370 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 Bolton, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in North West, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker160 a quarter↓ 3% on last year£27,200
- 2Business sales executives154 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£35,400
- 3Teaching assistant145 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£21,200
- 4Delivery drivers and couriers144 a quarter↑ 17% on last year£28,400
- 5Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers106 a quarter↑ 9.9% on last year£38,700
- 6Sales assistant101 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£24,500
- 7Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks99 a quarter↓ 6.6% on last year£30,300
- 8Cleaner95 a quarter↑ 0.5% on last year£23,000
- 9Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians88 a quarter↑ 3.5% on last year£36,200
- 9Educational support assistants88 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£22,900
- 11IT support technician88 a quarter↓ 8.9% on last year£34,200
- 12Customer service occupations n.e.c.86 a quarter↑ 1.2% on last year£27,100
- 13Other administrative occupations n.e.c.85 a quarter↓ 42% on last year£27,500
- 14Maintenance fitter83 a quarter↑ 22% on last year£40,900
- 15Warehouse operatives82 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£27,000
- 16Solicitor81 a quarter↑ 116% on last year£48,900
- 17Records clerks and assistants77 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£28,700 UK
- 18Chefs76 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£29,100
- 19Software developer74 a quarter↑ 119% on last year£50,300
- 20Other vocational and industrial trainers73 a quarter↓ 7.6% on last year£39,400
- 21Kitchen and catering assistants71 a quarter↓ 29% on last year£21,300
- 22Business development manager69 a quarter↑ 9.5% on last year£55,000
- 23Social worker65 a quarter↑ 4% on last year£43,000
- 24Receptionist62 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£24,100
- 25Legal associate professionals61 a quarter↑ 1.7% on last year£31,000
What Bolton has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Bolton than across the UK. Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants adverts are 5.4 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Bolton over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Burnley
- Bury
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Chorley
- Cumberland
- Fylde
- Halton
- Hyndburn
- Knowsley
- Lancaster
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Oldham
- Pendle
- Preston
- Ribble Valley
- Rochdale
- Rossendale
- Salford
- Sefton
- South Ribble
- St. Helens
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Warrington
- West Lancashire
- Westmorland and Furness
- Wigan
- Wirral
- Wyre
Sources
- Job adverts, what Bolton 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.