Jobs in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The jobs employers in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter13,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised405 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in South West, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker402 a quarter↓ 6.6% on last year£27,100
- 2Business development manager278 a quarter↑ 46% on last year£57,100
- 3Chefs263 a quarter↓ 8.7% on last year£27,000
- 4Kitchen and catering assistants253 a quarter↓ 4.8% on last year£22,300
- 5Business sales executives243 a quarter↑ 57% on last year£44,500
- 6Sales assistant241 a quarter↑ 0.4% on last year£24,700
- 7Teaching assistant233 a quarter↑ 2.6% on last year£19,400
- 8Cleaner222 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£23,100
- 9Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks219 a quarter↑ 2% on last year£30,400
- 10Software developer210 a quarter↑ 57% on last year£53,400
- 11Nursing auxiliaries and assistants204 a quarter↓ 8.3% on last year£28,700
- 12IT support technician201 a quarter↑ 6.3% on last year£31,800
- 13Customer service occupations n.e.c.195 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£28,300
- 14Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians190 a quarter↑ 7.4% on last year£37,100
- 15Other administrative occupations n.e.c.183 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£26,900
- 16Educational support assistants170 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£18,300
- 17Delivery drivers and couriers168 a quarter↓ 0.2% on last year£27,200
- 18Warehouse operatives159 a quarter↓ 3.3% on last year£28,500
- 19Maintenance fitter153 a quarter↑ 48% on last year£35,900
- 20Solicitor143 a quarter↓ 7.5% on last year£57,000 UK
- 21Records clerks and assistants129 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£27,200
- 22Other vocational and industrial trainers123 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£34,000
- 22Receptionist123 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£23,500
- 24Business and financial project management professionals121 a quarter↑ 71% on last year£55,800
- 25Systems analyst111 a quarter↑ 77% on last year£68,100
What Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole than across the UK. Legal secretary adverts are 2.6 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bristol, City of
- Cheltenham
- Cornwall
- Cotswold
- Dorset
- East Devon
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- Isles of Scilly
- Mid Devon
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torbay
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire
Sources
- Job adverts, what Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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.