Jobs in Bridgend
The jobs employers in Bridgend advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Bridgend has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter3,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised368 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 Bridgend, 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 worker120 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£27,200
- 2Sales assistant84 a quarter↑ 7.7% on last year£24,500
- 3Kitchen and catering assistants75 a quarter↑ 9.2% on last year£22,500
- 4Cleaner75 a quarter↓ 7.5% on last year£24,300
- 5Delivery drivers and couriers70 a quarter↑ 6.1% on last year£25,600
- 6Other administrative occupations n.e.c.55 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£26,900
- 7Maintenance fitter52 a quarter↑ 23% on last year£38,400
- 7Chefs52 a quarter↑ 4.7% on last year£28,900
- 9Nursing auxiliaries and assistants52 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£29,600
- 10Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers50 a quarter↑ 21% on last year£38,700
- 11Other registered nursing professionals48 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£40,500
- 11Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians48 a quarter↑ 46% on last year£33,600
- 13Warehouse operatives44 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£27,400
- 14IT support technician42 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£32,700
- 15Business sales executives39 a quarter↑ 21% on last year£35,600
- 16Teaching assistant37 a quarter↑ 8.8% on last year£20,900
- 17Primary education teaching professionals34 a quarter↑ 85% on last year£48,900
- 18Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks33 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£31,600
- 19Business development manager29 a quarter↑ 19% on last year£53,000
- 20Records clerks and assistants26 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£28,200
- 21Social worker26 a quarter↑ 6.2% on last year£43,700
- 22Specialist medical practitioners and consultants25 a quarter↓ 3.8% on last year£92,800 UK
- 23Senior care worker25 a quarter↑ 32% on last year£28,400
- 24Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors24 a quarter↑ 42% on last year£44,100
- 25Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.23 a quarter↑ 9.5% on last year£28,900
What Bridgend has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Bridgend than across the UK. Houseparents and residential wardens adverts are 2.3 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Bridgend over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Blaenau Gwent
- 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
- Wrexham
Sources
- Job adverts, what Bridgend 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.