Jobs in Somerset
The jobs employers in Somerset advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Somerset has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter19,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised405 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 Somerset, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in South West, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker542 a quarter↓ 6.6% on last year£27,100
- 2Cleaner377 a quarter↓ 2.5% on last year£23,100
- 3Nursing auxiliaries and assistants368 a quarter↑ 7.3% on last year£28,700
- 4Sales assistant363 a quarter↓ 4.7% on last year£24,700
- 5Chefs361 a quarter↓ 6.9% on last year£27,000
- 6Kitchen and catering assistants357 a quarter↓ 5.2% on last year£22,300
- 7Delivery drivers and couriers357 a quarter↑ 32% on last year£27,200
- 8Maintenance fitter354 a quarter↑ 82% on last year£35,900
- 9Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers335 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£40,100
- 10Warehouse operatives276 a quarter↓ 3.9% on last year£28,500
- 11Teaching assistant273 a quarter↑ 48% on last year£19,400
- 12Other administrative occupations n.e.c.258 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£26,900
- 13Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians256 a quarter↑ 14% on last year£37,100
- 14IT support technician239 a quarter↓ 8.6% on last year£31,800
- 15Food, drink and tobacco process operatives211 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£27,200
- 16Other vocational and industrial trainers192 a quarter↑ 7% on last year£34,000
- 17Records clerks and assistants191 a quarter↓ 5.9% on last year£27,200
- 18Business sales executives177 a quarter↑ 60% on last year£44,500
- 19Packer174 a quarter↑ 185% on last year£25,800
- 20Customer service occupations n.e.c.173 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£28,300
- 21Business development manager167 a quarter↑ 44% on last year£57,100
- 22Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks160 a quarter↓ 4.1% on last year£30,400
- 23Solicitor159 a quarter↓ 2.9% on last year£57,000 UK
- 24Business and financial project management professionals148 a quarter↑ 34% on last year£55,800
- 25Engineering technicians148 a quarter↑ 183% on last year£48,600
What Somerset has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Somerset than across the UK. Packer adverts are 7.5 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Somerset over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol, City of
- Cheltenham
- Cornwall
- Cotswold
- Dorset
- East Devon
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- Isles of Scilly
- Mid Devon
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torbay
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire
Sources
- Job adverts, what Somerset 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.