Jobs in Kirklees
The jobs employers in Kirklees advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Kirklees has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter7,300on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised378 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 Kirklees, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Yorkshire and The Humber, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker238 a quarter↑ 8.2% on last year£26,500
- 2Maintenance fitter163 a quarter↑ 23% on last year£39,800
- 3Business development manager149 a quarter↑ 39% on last year£49,500
- 4Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks122 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£29,900
- 5Cleaner121 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£23,700
- 6Business sales executives119 a quarter↑ 24% on last year£37,200
- 7Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians115 a quarter↑ 0.9% on last year£34,300
- 8Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers106 a quarter↑ 136% on last year£39,100
- 9Delivery drivers and couriers106 a quarter↓ 2.6% on last year£27,200
- 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.105 a quarter↑ 11% on last year£26,100
- 11Teaching assistant104 a quarter↓ 40% on last year£19,400
- 11Sales assistant104 a quarter↑ 2% on last year£24,700
- 13Warehouse operatives104 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£27,900
- 14IT support technician99 a quarter↑ 38% on last year£31,400
- 14Nursing auxiliaries and assistants99 a quarter↑ 18% on last year£27,900
- 16Secondary education teaching professionals93 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£43,600
- 17Educational support assistants92 a quarter↓ 17% on last year£21,100
- 18Kitchen and catering assistants91 a quarter↓ 7.2% on last year£21,600
- 19Customer service occupations n.e.c.90 a quarter↓ 1.2% on last year£26,600
- 20Primary education teaching professionals76 a quarter↑ 10% on last year£41,500
- 21Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors74 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£42,700 UK
- 22Records clerks and assistants73 a quarter↑ 7.8% on last year£26,500
- 23Chefs66 a quarter↓ 4.8% on last year£28,900
- 24Other registered nursing professionals63 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£39,100
- 25Software developer58 a quarter↓ 32% on last year£47,900
What Kirklees has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Kirklees than across the UK. Welding trades adverts are 3.2 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Kirklees over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Barnsley
- Bradford
- Calderdale
- Doncaster
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Leeds
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
- Rotherham
- Sheffield
- Wakefield
- York
Sources
- Job adverts, what Kirklees 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.