Jobs in Gloucester
The jobs employers in Gloucester advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Gloucester has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter12,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised400 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 Gloucester, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in South West, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Software developer246 a quarter↑ 69% on last year£53,400
- 2Business development manager239 a quarter↑ 68% on last year£57,100
- 3Care worker228 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£27,100
- 4Maintenance fitter212 a quarter↑ 25% on last year£35,900
- 5Business sales executives203 a quarter↑ 71% on last year£44,500
- 6Systems analyst191 a quarter↑ 79% on last year£68,100
- 7Business and financial project management professionals182 a quarter↑ 61% on last year£55,800
- 8Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians166 a quarter↑ 21% on last year£37,100
- 9Delivery drivers and couriers158 a quarter↑ 3.9% on last year£27,200
- 10IT support technician154 a quarter↓ 3.8% on last year£31,800
- 11Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks152 a quarter↓ 6.6% on last year£30,400
- 12Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers146 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£40,100
- 13Human resources officer138 a quarter↑ 35% on last year£30,600
- 14Nursing auxiliaries and assistants132 a quarter↑ 1.5% on last year£28,700
- 15Cleaner128 a quarter↑ 0.4% on last year£23,100
- 16Warehouse operatives125 a quarter↓ 8.1% on last year£28,500
- 17Sales assistant120 a quarter↑ 2.1% on last year£24,700
- 18Quantity surveyor116 a quarter↑ 93% on last year£52,500 UK
- 19Customer service occupations n.e.c.115 a quarter↓ 8.2% on last year£28,300
- 20Chefs114 a quarter↓ 29% on last year£27,000
- 21Electrician114 a quarter↑ 53% on last year£37,000
- 22Other administrative occupations n.e.c.110 a quarter↓ 23% on last year£26,900
- 23Teaching assistant105 a quarter↑ 46% on last year£19,400
- 24Solicitor103 a quarter↓ 2.5% on last year£57,000 UK
- 25Records clerks and assistants102 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£27,200
What Gloucester has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Gloucester than across the UK. Aerospace engineers adverts are 5.6 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Gloucester over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol, City of
- Cheltenham
- Cornwall
- Cotswold
- Dorset
- East Devon
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Isles of Scilly
- Mid Devon
- North Devon
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- South Hams
- Stroud
- Swindon
- Teignbridge
- Tewkesbury
- Torbay
- Torridge
- West Devon
- Wiltshire
Sources
- Job adverts, what Gloucester 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.