Jobs in Dartford
The jobs employers in Dartford advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Dartford has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter5,100on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised385 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 Dartford, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in South East, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Sales assistant152 a quarter↓ 4.4% on last year£25,300
- 2Delivery drivers and couriers151 a quarter↓ 1.5% on last year£27,900
- 3Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers121 a quarter↑ 25% on last year£39,900
- 4Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians110 a quarter↑ 27% on last year£39,300
- 5Warehouse operatives108 a quarter↑ 9.1% on last year£28,700
- 6Maintenance fitter98 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£41,000
- 7Care worker93 a quarter↑ 8.8% on last year£28,200
- 8Business development manager91 a quarter↑ 94% on last year£61,600
- 9Business sales executives91 a quarter↑ 23% on last year£39,700
- 10Cleaner90 a quarter↓ 27% on last year£24,000
- 11Kitchen and catering assistants77 a quarter↑ 3.1% on last year£23,400
- 12Other administrative occupations n.e.c.76 a quarter↓ 4.6% on last year£27,600
- 13Chefs73 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£30,300
- 14IT support technician67 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£35,300
- 15Business and financial project management professionals61 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£59,800
- 16Customer service occupations n.e.c.57 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£27,500
- 17Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks57 a quarter↓ 6.2% on last year£32,700
- 18Records clerks and assistants54 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£28,100
- 19Plumber53 a quarter↑ 84% on last year£40,000
- 20Teaching assistant50 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£19,900
- 21Warehouse manager48 a quarter↑ 25% on last year£38,800
- 22Quantity surveyor48 a quarter↑ 60% on last year£52,500 UK
- 23Estimator47 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£44,600
- 24Secondary education teaching professionals46 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£45,600
- 25Human resources officer45 a quarter↑ 8.9% on last year£35,100
What Dartford has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Dartford than across the UK. Beauticians and related occupations adverts are 3.0 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Dartford over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Adur
- Arun
- Ashford
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- Canterbury
- Cherwell
- Chichester
- Crawley
- Dover
- East Hampshire
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Fareham
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Guildford
- Hart
- Hastings
- Havant
- Horsham
- Isle of Wight
- Lewes
- Maidstone
- Medway
- Mid Sussex
- Milton Keynes
- Mole Valley
- New Forest
- Oxford
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Reigate and Banstead
- Rother
- Runnymede
- Rushmoor
- Sevenoaks
- Slough
- South Oxfordshire
- Southampton
- Spelthorne
- Surrey Heath
- Swale
- Tandridge
- Test Valley
- Thanet
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Tunbridge Wells
- Vale of White Horse
- Waverley
- Wealden
- West Berkshire
- West Oxfordshire
- Winchester
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Woking
- Wokingham
- Worthing
Sources
- Job adverts, what Dartford 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.