Jobs in St Albans
The jobs employers in St Albans advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work St Albans has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter4,800on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised381 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 St Albans, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in East of England.
- 1Chefs128 a quarter↑ 14% on last year£29,300
- 2Care worker109 a quarter↑ 6.9% on last year£27,800
- 3Cleaner99 a quarter↑ 19% on last year£24,800
- 4Business development manager87 a quarter↑ 23% on last year£54,000
- 5Kitchen and catering assistants81 a quarter↓ 3.2% on last year£20,900
- 6Other administrative occupations n.e.c.78 a quarter↑ 8.3% on last year£28,000
- 7Business sales executives78 a quarter↑ 51% on last year£35,200
- 8Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers71 a quarter↑ 47% on last year£41,000
- 9IT support technician69 a quarter↑ 19% on last year£37,300
- 9Sales assistant69 a quarter↑ 9.6% on last year£25,300
- 11Delivery drivers and couriers66 a quarter↑ 6.5% on last year£28,600
- 12Nursing auxiliaries and assistants66 a quarter↑ 30% on last year£28,700
- 13Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians64 a quarter↑ 10% on last year£38,100
- 14Secondary education teaching professionals60 a quarter↓ 9.1% on last year£45,800
- 14Other vocational and industrial trainers60 a quarter↑ 40% on last year£35,300
- 16Customer service occupations n.e.c.56 a quarter↑ 9.2% on last year£29,700
- 17Early education and childcare practitioners55 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£22,900
- 18Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks54 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£30,800
- 19Financial adviser53 a quarter↑ 44% on last year£47,800
- 20Other registered nursing professionals52 a quarter↑ 24% on last year£42,600
- 20Records clerks and assistants52 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£28,700
- 22Teaching assistant51 a quarter↑ 6.2% on last year£21,000
- 23Maintenance fitter51 a quarter↑ 79% on last year£40,500
- 24Early education and childcare assistants50 a quarter→ 0% on last year£24,700
- 25Warehouse operatives46 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£29,100
What St Albans has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in St Albans than across the UK. Registered specialist nurses adverts are 3.9 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in St Albans over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Babergh
- Basildon
- Bedford
- Braintree
- Breckland
- Brentwood
- Broadland
- Broxbourne
- Cambridge
- Castle Point
- Central Bedfordshire
- Chelmsford
- 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
- Stevenage
- Tendring
- Three Rivers
- Thurrock
- Uttlesford
- Watford
- Welwyn Hatfield
- West Suffolk
Sources
- Job adverts, what St Albans 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.