Jobs in Swansea
The jobs employers in Swansea advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Swansea has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter5,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised386 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 Swansea, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Wales, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker270 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£27,200
- 2Delivery drivers and couriers127 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£25,600
- 3Sales assistant125 a quarter↓ 9.1% on last year£24,500
- 4Business sales executives115 a quarter↑ 35% on last year£35,600
- 5Nursing auxiliaries and assistants106 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£29,600
- 5Cleaner106 a quarter↓ 4.5% on last year£24,300
- 7Kitchen and catering assistants105 a quarter↓ 7.9% on last year£22,500
- 8Business development manager104 a quarter↑ 85% on last year£53,000
- 9Chefs89 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£28,900
- 10IT support technician86 a quarter↑ 2.4% on last year£32,700
- 11Teaching assistant81 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£20,900
- 12Other administrative occupations n.e.c.78 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£26,900
- 13Warehouse operatives66 a quarter↑ 27% on last year£27,400
- 14Software developer66 a quarter↑ 22% on last year£48,300
- 15Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians59 a quarter↑ 5% on last year£33,600
- 16Solicitor57 a quarter↓ 1.2% on last year£57,000 UK
- 17Customer service occupations n.e.c.56 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£27,000
- 18Secondary education teaching professionals55 a quarter↑ 77% on last year£48,900
- 19Specialist medical practitioners and consultants52 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£92,800 UK
- 20Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks50 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£31,600
- 21Maintenance fitter48 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£38,400
- 21Electrician48 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£34,700
- 23Human resources officer43 a quarter↓ 5.2% on last year£34,400
- 24Security guards and related occupations43 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£32,300
- 25Receptionist42 a quarter↓ 6% on last year£24,600
What Swansea has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Swansea than across the UK. Radiographer adverts are 2.9 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Swansea over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
Sources
- Job adverts, what Swansea 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.