Jobs in Braintree
The jobs employers in Braintree advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Braintree has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter3,500on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised342 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 Braintree, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in East of England.
- 1Care worker107 a quarter↓ 1.8% on last year£27,800
- 2Delivery drivers and couriers106 a quarter↑ 81% on last year£28,600
- 3Cleaner88 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£24,800
- 4Warehouse operatives86 a quarter↑ 2.8% on last year£29,100
- 5Secondary education teaching professionals77 a quarter↑ 67% on last year£45,800
- 6Educational support assistants66 a quarter↑ 44% on last year£19,300
- 7Kitchen and catering assistants60 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£20,900
- 8Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians58 a quarter↑ 91% on last year£38,100
- 8Nursing auxiliaries and assistants58 a quarter↑ 7.4% on last year£28,700
- 10Maintenance fitter55 a quarter↑ 132% on last year£40,500
- 11Other administrative occupations n.e.c.53 a quarter↑ 2.5% on last year£28,000
- 12Customer service occupations n.e.c.51 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£29,700
- 13Business development manager50 a quarter↑ 100% on last year£54,000
- 14Records clerks and assistants49 a quarter↑ 62% on last year£28,700
- 15Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks48 a quarter↑ 17% on last year£30,800
- 16Chefs46 a quarter↑ 21% on last year£29,300
- 16Sales assistant46 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£25,300
- 18Teaching assistant42 a quarter↑ 24% on last year£21,000
- 19Early education and childcare practitioners40 a quarter↑ 33% on last year£22,900
- 20IT support technician38 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£37,300
- 20Food, drink and tobacco process operatives38 a quarter↑ 27% on last year£28,600
- 22Security guards and related occupations37 a quarter↑ 236% on last year£34,400
- 23Other vocational and industrial trainers35 a quarter↑ 6.1% on last year£35,300
- 24Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers34 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£41,000
- 25Business sales executives34 a quarter↑ 77% on last year£35,200
What Braintree has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Braintree than across the UK. Secondary education teaching professionals adverts are 3.0 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Braintree over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Babergh
- Basildon
- Bedford
- 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 Braintree 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.