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Jobs in Northumberland

The jobs employers in Northumberland advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Northumberland has more of than the rest of the UK.

New job adverts a quarter6,300on 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 2026

The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in Northumberland, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in North East, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.

  1. 1Care worker257 a quarter↓ 7.9%£26,000
  2. 2Teaching assistant170 a quarter↑ 6.2%£22,600
  3. 3Nursing auxiliaries and assistants158 a quarter↑ 15%£26,900
  4. 4Delivery drivers and couriers155 a quarter↑ 75%£28,000
  5. 5Kitchen and catering assistants144 a quarter↓ 16%£18,900
  6. 6Sales assistant123 a quarter↑ 1.7%£25,000
  7. 7Chefs123 a quarter→ 0%£29,500
  8. 8Cleaner118 a quarter↓ 26%£23,800
  9. 9Educational support assistants112 a quarter↓ 26%£21,400 UK
  10. 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.97 a quarter↓ 5.7%£28,800
  11. 11Primary education teaching professionals92 a quarter↑ 25%£45,900 UK
  12. 12IT support technician89 a quarter↑ 24%£35,100 UK
  13. 12Maintenance fitter89 a quarter↑ 7.1%£41,500
  14. 14Other registered nursing professionals76 a quarter↓ 30%£40,800
  15. 15Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers75 a quarter↑ 142%£37,700
  16. 16Customer service occupations n.e.c.65 a quarter↓ 33%£26,700
  17. 16Warehouse operatives65 a quarter↑ 3.7%£27,400
  18. 18Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.60 a quarter↑ 50%£30,900
  19. 19Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.58 a quarter↑ 40%£38,800
  20. 20Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks57 a quarter↑ 33%£31,100
  21. 21Business sales executives55 a quarter↑ 61%£37,900 UK
  22. 22Records clerks and assistants54 a quarter↓ 22%£26,400
  23. 23Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians51 a quarter↓ 10%£37,800
  24. 23Senior care worker51 a quarter↓ 25%£29,100
  25. 25Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.47 a quarter↓ 22%£30,100

What Northumberland has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Northumberland than across the UK. Sports and leisure assistants adverts are 3.1 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Sports and leisure assistants3.1×
Higher level teaching assistants2.7×
Veterinarians2.6×
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants2.5×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.2.4×
Teaching assistant2.4×
Farm worker2.4×
Cooks2.3×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.3×
Educational support assistants2.1×
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Same as UK (1×)
Sports and leisure assistants3.1×
Higher level teaching assistants2.7×
Veterinarians2.6×
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants2.5×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.2.4×
Teaching assistant2.4×
Farm worker2.4×
Cooks2.3×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.3×
Educational support assistants2.1×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Northumberland over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in North East

Sources

Job adverts, what Northumberland 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.