Jobs in Shropshire
The jobs employers in Shropshire advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Shropshire has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter8,100on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised394 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 Shropshire, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in West Midlands.
- 1Care worker346 a quarter↓ 7.1% on last year£26,400
- 2Nursing auxiliaries and assistants171 a quarter↑ 3.6% on last year£26,900
- 3Chefs167 a quarter↓ 4.8% on last year£29,100
- 4Kitchen and catering assistants164 a quarter↓ 16% on last year£22,800
- 5Cleaner161 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£24,000
- 6Sales assistant154 a quarter↑ 3.7% on last year£24,900
- 7Delivery drivers and couriers151 a quarter↑ 57% on last year£27,600
- 8Teaching assistant133 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£20,700
- 9Maintenance fitter126 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£38,400
- 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.123 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£26,600
- 11Warehouse operatives117 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£27,400
- 12Business sales executives112 a quarter↑ 54% on last year£36,900
- 12Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers112 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£39,500
- 14Other registered nursing professionals109 a quarter↓ 31% on last year£40,600
- 15IT support technician97 a quarter↓ 7.2% on last year£34,800
- 16Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks95 a quarter↓ 34% on last year£30,300
- 17Food, drink and tobacco process operatives94 a quarter↓ 1.4% on last year£29,500
- 18Records clerks and assistants87 a quarter↑ 25% on last year£28,200
- 19Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians87 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£38,000
- 20Business development manager84 a quarter↑ 56% on last year£56,000
- 21Customer service occupations n.e.c.79 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£26,500
- 22Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors74 a quarter↑ 9.4% on last year£44,700
- 23Other vocational and industrial trainers70 a quarter↓ 0.7% on last year£35,700
- 24Solicitor69 a quarter↑ 39% on last year£48,100
- 24Educational support assistants69 a quarter↓ 2.8% on last year£21,300
What Shropshire has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Shropshire than across the UK. Pre-press technicians adverts are 14.1 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Shropshire over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Birmingham
- Bromsgrove
- Cannock Chase
- Coventry
- Dudley
- East Staffordshire
- Herefordshire, County of
- Lichfield
- Malvern Hills
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North Warwickshire
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Redditch
- Rugby
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- South Staffordshire
- Stafford
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Tamworth
- Telford and Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- Wychavon
- Wyre Forest
Sources
- Job adverts, what Shropshire 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.