Jobs in Wrexham
The jobs employers in Wrexham advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Wrexham has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter2,800on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised346 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 Wrexham, 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 worker80 a quarter↑ 2.6% on last year£27,200
- 2Food, drink and tobacco process operatives79 a quarter↑ 36% on last year£27,100
- 3Warehouse operatives70 a quarter↑ 93% on last year£27,400
- 4Maintenance fitter61 a quarter↑ 97% on last year£38,400
- 5Sales assistant59 a quarter↑ 18% on last year£24,500
- 6Delivery drivers and couriers57 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£25,600
- 7Nursing auxiliaries and assistants52 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£29,600
- 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.51 a quarter↑ 63% on last year£26,900
- 9Cleaner47 a quarter↑ 4.4% on last year£24,300
- 10Chefs45 a quarter↑ 94% on last year£28,900
- 11Customer service occupations n.e.c.43 a quarter↓ 5.6% on last year£27,000
- 12Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers42 a quarter↑ 33% on last year£38,700
- 12Fork-lift truck drivers42 a quarter↑ 200% on last year£31,300 UK
- 14Specialist medical practitioners and consultants39 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£92,800 UK
- 14Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians39 a quarter↑ 160% on last year£33,600
- 16Other registered nursing professionals38 a quarter↓ 23% on last year£40,500
- 17Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks36 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£31,600
- 18Kitchen and catering assistants36 a quarter↑ 22% on last year£22,500
- 19IT support technician32 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£32,700
- 20Business sales executives31 a quarter↑ 41% on last year£35,600
- 21Records clerks and assistants31 a quarter↓ 6.2% on last year£28,200
- 22Engineering technicians26 a quarter↑ 86% on last year£39,900
- 23Social worker24 a quarter↓ 7.8% on last year£43,700
- 24Production managers and directors in manufacturing23 a quarter↑ 156% on last year£51,100
- 24Electrician23 a quarter↑ 44% on last year£34,700
What Wrexham has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Wrexham than across the UK. Fork-lift truck drivers adverts are 7.3 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Wrexham 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
- Swansea
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
Sources
- Job adverts, what Wrexham 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.