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Jobs in Blackburn with Darwen

The jobs employers in Blackburn with Darwen advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Blackburn with Darwen has more of than the rest of the UK.

New job adverts a quarter4,200on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised379 of 412occupations had at least one advert in the year

Most advertised jobs

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in Blackburn with Darwen, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in North West, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.

  1. 1Care worker131 a quarter↓ 17%£27,200
  2. 2Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks111 a quarter↑ 1.7%£30,300
  3. 3Business development manager85 a quarter↓ 29%£55,000
  4. 4Business sales executives82 a quarter↓ 1.4%£35,400
  5. 5Other administrative occupations n.e.c.74 a quarter↓ 11%£27,500
  6. 6Sales assistant70 a quarter↑ 4.5%£24,500
  7. 7Nursing auxiliaries and assistants68 a quarter↓ 13%£27,200
  8. 8Maintenance fitter65 a quarter↓ 3.4%£40,900
  9. 9Teaching assistant63 a quarter↓ 32%£21,200
  10. 10Cleaner59 a quarter↓ 11%£23,000
  11. 11Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians57 a quarter↑ 53%£36,200
  12. 12Educational support assistants55 a quarter↓ 18%£22,900
  13. 13Metal machining setters and setter-operators53 a quarter↑ 783%£35,100
  14. 14Delivery drivers and couriers48 a quarter↑ 16%£28,400
  15. 15Kitchen and catering assistants46 a quarter↓ 3.5%£21,300
  16. 16Records clerks and assistants44 a quarter↓ 5.7%£28,700 UK
  17. 17Warehouse operatives44 a quarter↓ 17%£27,000
  18. 18Solicitor43 a quarter↓ 14%£48,900
  19. 19IT support technician42 a quarter↓ 21%£34,200
  20. 20Customer service occupations n.e.c.41 a quarter↓ 22%£27,100
  21. 21Software developer41 a quarter↑ 49%£50,300
  22. 22Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.41 a quarter→ 0%£29,800
  23. 23Chefs40 a quarter↑ 0.8%£29,100
  24. 24Advertising and marketing associate professionals39 a quarter↓ 2.5%£29,300
  25. 25Other registered nursing professionals39 a quarter↓ 52%£39,500

What Blackburn with Darwen has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Blackburn with Darwen than across the UK. Metal machining setters and setter-operators adverts are 4.5 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Metal machining setters and setter-operators4.5×
Legal associate professionals2.3×
Social worker2.1×
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks2.0×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.1.7×
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.1.7×
Legal professionals n.e.c.1.6×
Stock control assistant1.5×
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Same as UK (1×)
Metal machining setters and setter-operators4.5×
Legal associate professionals2.3×
Social worker2.1×
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks2.0×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.1.7×
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.1.7×
Legal professionals n.e.c.1.6×
Stock control assistant1.5×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Blackburn with Darwen over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in North West

Sources

Job adverts, what Blackburn with Darwen 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.