Jobs in Chelmsford
The jobs employers in Chelmsford advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Chelmsford has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter7,500on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised396 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 Chelmsford, 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.
- 1Care worker186 a quarter↓ 9.3% on last year£27,800
- 2Business development manager170 a quarter↑ 38% on last year£54,000
- 3Business sales executives147 a quarter↑ 46% on last year£35,200
- 4Sales assistant134 a quarter↑ 14% on last year£25,300
- 5Delivery drivers and couriers118 a quarter↑ 21% on last year£28,600
- 6Cleaner115 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£24,800
- 7Kitchen and catering assistants106 a quarter↓ 5.4% on last year£20,900
- 8Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians102 a quarter↓ 2.9% on last year£38,100
- 9Records clerks and assistants101 a quarter↑ 3.8% on last year£28,700
- 10Other registered nursing professionals100 a quarter↓ 6.5% on last year£42,600
- 11Educational support assistants99 a quarter→ 0% on last year£19,300
- 12Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks96 a quarter↓ 2.2% on last year£30,800
- 13Other administrative occupations n.e.c.95 a quarter↓ 9.5% on last year£28,000
- 14Early education and childcare practitioners85 a quarter↑ 25% on last year£22,900
- 15Other vocational and industrial trainers84 a quarter↑ 4.3% on last year£35,300
- 16Chefs83 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£29,300
- 17Maintenance fitter82 a quarter↑ 1.3% on last year£40,500
- 18Warehouse operatives81 a quarter↓ 5.1% on last year£29,100
- 19Solicitor80 a quarter↑ 3.9% on last year£57,000 UK
- 20Human resources officer80 a quarter↑ 3% on last year£34,900
- 21Software developer79 a quarter↑ 66% on last year£61,000
- 22Nursing auxiliaries and assistants76 a quarter↑ 29% on last year£28,700
- 23Early education and childcare assistants74 a quarter↑ 11% on last year£24,700
- 24Customer service occupations n.e.c.72 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£29,700
- 25Specialist medical practitioners and consultants70 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£92,800 UK
What Chelmsford has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Chelmsford than across the UK. Pharmacy technician adverts are 4.4 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Chelmsford over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Babergh
- Basildon
- Bedford
- Braintree
- Breckland
- Brentwood
- Broadland
- Broxbourne
- Cambridge
- Castle Point
- Central Bedfordshire
- 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 Chelmsford 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.