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Jobs in London

The jobs employers in London advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work London has more of than the rest of the UK. ONS publishes London as one area, not borough by borough.

New job adverts a quarter341,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised411 of 412occupations had at least one advert in the year

Most advertised jobs

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in London, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in London.

  1. 1Business development manager9,346 a quarter↑ 46%£66,700
  2. 2Software developer8,279 a quarter↑ 11%£75,300
  3. 3Business sales executives6,709 a quarter↑ 50%£42,300
  4. 4Systems analyst6,504 a quarter↑ 27%£74,600
  5. 5Business and financial project management professionals5,131 a quarter↑ 31%£70,000
  6. 6Chefs4,820 a quarter↓ 0.3%£34,100
  7. 7Financial adviser4,817 a quarter↑ 15%£64,700
  8. 8IT support technician4,445 a quarter↑ 5.2%£42,400
  9. 9Human resource managers and directors3,864 a quarter↑ 7.8%£68,700
  10. 10Advertising and marketing associate professionals3,818 a quarter↑ 1.6%£36,900
  11. 11IT managers3,755 a quarter↑ 6%£67,000
  12. 12Financial managers and directors3,751 a quarter↑ 6.4%£115,500
  13. 13Other administrative occupations n.e.c.3,744 a quarter↓ 8.7%£33,900
  14. 14Human resources officer3,698 a quarter↑ 4.5%£39,500
  15. 15Care worker3,687 a quarter↑ 0.5%£28,400
  16. 16Business analyst3,631 a quarter↑ 9.5%£61,400
  17. 17Teaching assistant3,609 a quarter↓ 5.3%£24,500
  18. 18Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks3,504 a quarter↑ 8.6%£36,500
  19. 19Marketing, sales and advertising directors3,414 a quarter↑ 50%£114,000
  20. 20Educational support assistants3,269 a quarter↓ 13%£24,600
  21. 21Maintenance fitter3,151 a quarter↑ 32%£46,800
  22. 22Marketing manager3,067 a quarter↑ 1.2%£60,700
  23. 23Kitchen and catering assistants3,029 a quarter↓ 3%£27,100
  24. 24Other vocational and industrial trainers2,938 a quarter↑ 10%£39,800
  25. 25Cleaner2,926 a quarter↑ 8.5%£27,800

What London has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in London than across the UK. Nannies and au pairs adverts are 3.4 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Nannies and au pairs3.4×
Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors3.0×
Professional/Chartered company secretaries2.6×
Public relations and communications directors2.5×
Chief executives and senior officials2.5×
Actuary2.4×
Marketing, sales and advertising directors2.4×
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors2.3×
Managers and directors in the creative industries2.3×
Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters2.2×
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Same as UK (1×)
Nannies and au pairs3.4×
Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors3.0×
Professional/Chartered company secretaries2.6×
Public relations and communications directors2.5×
Chief executives and senior officials2.5×
Actuary2.4×
Marketing, sales and advertising directors2.4×
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors2.3×
Managers and directors in the creative industries2.3×
Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters2.2×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in London over the year are shown.

Sources

Job adverts, what London 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.