Jobs in Worcester
The jobs employers in Worcester advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Worcester has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter4,800on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised380 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 Worcester, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in West Midlands, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker106 a quarter↓ 24% on last year£26,400
- 2Business development manager97 a quarter↑ 14% on last year£56,000
- 3Delivery drivers and couriers82 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£27,600
- 4Business sales executives81 a quarter↓ 6.4% on last year£36,900
- 5Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians79 a quarter↓ 5.9% on last year£38,000
- 6Chefs77 a quarter↑ 42% on last year£29,100
- 7Other administrative occupations n.e.c.76 a quarter↑ 17% on last year£26,600
- 8Cleaner74 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£24,000
- 9Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks73 a quarter↑ 32% on last year£30,300
- 9Kitchen and catering assistants73 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£22,800
- 11Sales assistant71 a quarter↑ 22% on last year£24,900
- 12Maintenance fitter67 a quarter↓ 1.5% on last year£38,400
- 13Warehouse operatives66 a quarter↑ 35% on last year£27,400
- 14Records clerks and assistants64 a quarter↑ 19% on last year£28,200
- 15Software developer63 a quarter↓ 47% on last year£49,100
- 16Business and financial project management professionals58 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£60,000
- 17Teaching assistant57 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£20,700
- 17Nursing auxiliaries and assistants57 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£26,900
- 19Solicitor53 a quarter→ 0% on last year£48,100
- 20Customer service occupations n.e.c.51 a quarter↓ 9.6% on last year£26,500
- 21Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers48 a quarter↓ 2% on last year£39,500
- 22IT support technician47 a quarter↓ 27% on last year£34,800
- 23Other registered nursing professionals46 a quarter↓ 48% on last year£40,600
- 24Other vocational and industrial trainers45 a quarter→ 0% on last year£35,700
- 25Specialist medical practitioners and consultants42 a quarter↓ 35% on last year£92,800 UK
What Worcester has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Worcester than across the UK. Social worker adverts are 2.2 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Worcester 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
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- South Staffordshire
- Stafford
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Tamworth
- Telford and Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwick
- Wolverhampton
- Wychavon
- Wyre Forest
Sources
- Job adverts, what Worcester 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.