Jobs in Isle of Wight
The jobs employers in Isle of Wight advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Isle of Wight has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter2,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised287 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 Isle of Wight, 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.
- 1Care worker99 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£28,200
- 2IT managers45 a quarter↑ 200% on last year£59,400
- 3Nursing auxiliaries and assistants44 a quarter↑ 10% on last year£28,100
- 4Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers40 a quarter↑ 471% on last year£39,900
- 5Sales assistant39 a quarter↑ 15% on last year£25,300
- 6Cleaner38 a quarter↑ 41% on last year£24,000
- 7Kitchen and catering assistants37 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£23,400
- 8Delivery drivers and couriers35 a quarter↑ 84% on last year£27,900
- 9Software developer32 a quarter↑ 6.7% on last year£52,800
- 10Prison officer30 a quarter↑ 400% on last year£41,300 UK
- 11Other registered nursing professionals29 a quarter↓ 15% on last year£42,000
- 11Chefs29 a quarter↑ 7.4% on last year£30,300
- 13Other vocational and industrial trainers28 a quarter↑ 115% on last year£38,900
- 14Maintenance fitter27 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£41,000
- 15Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians25 a quarter↑ 178% on last year£39,300
- 15Senior care worker25 a quarter↑ 56% on last year£30,500
- 17IT support technician24 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£35,300
- 18Other administrative occupations n.e.c.23 a quarter↓ 36% on last year£27,600
- 19Electrician22 a quarter↑ 4.8% on last year£42,700
- 20Dental practitioners21 a quarter↑ 75% on last year–
- 20Business sales executives21 a quarter↑ 50% on last year£39,700
- 22Records clerks and assistants20 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£28,100
- 22Customer service occupations n.e.c.20 a quarter↑ 5.3% on last year£27,500
- 24Construction manager19 a quarter↑ 280% on last year£58,500
- 24Warehouse operatives19 a quarter↑ 111% on last year£28,700
What Isle of Wight has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Isle of Wight than across the UK. IT managers adverts are 2.9 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Isle of Wight over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Adur
- Arun
- Ashford
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- Canterbury
- Cherwell
- Chichester
- Crawley
- Dartford
- Dover
- East Hampshire
- Eastbourne
- Eastleigh
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Fareham
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Gosport
- Gravesham
- Guildford
- Hart
- Hastings
- Havant
- Horsham
- 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 Isle of Wight 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.