Jobs in Medway
The jobs employers in Medway advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Medway has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter5,300on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised386 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 Medway, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in South East.
- 1Care worker140 a quarter↓ 0.4% on last year£28,200
- 2Cleaner114 a quarter↑ 8.6% on last year£24,000
- 3Teaching assistant97 a quarter↓ 7.6% on last year£19,900
- 4Maintenance fitter89 a quarter↑ 133% on last year£41,000
- 5Delivery drivers and couriers88 a quarter↓ 7.4% on last year£27,900
- 6Kitchen and catering assistants84 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£23,400
- 7Educational support assistants83 a quarter↑ 48% on last year£20,400
- 8Warehouse operatives82 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£28,700
- 9Other administrative occupations n.e.c.82 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£27,600
- 10Sales assistant76 a quarter↑ 4.1% on last year£25,300
- 11Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers75 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£39,900
- 12Social worker69 a quarter↑ 102% on last year£43,900
- 13Records clerks and assistants67 a quarter↓ 22% on last year£28,100
- 14IT support technician67 a quarter↑ 8.1% on last year£35,300
- 15Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians65 a quarter↑ 41% on last year£39,300
- 16Nursing auxiliaries and assistants64 a quarter↓ 33% on last year£28,100
- 17Chefs58 a quarter↑ 1.7% on last year£30,300
- 18Secondary education teaching professionals58 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£45,600
- 19Information technology trainers55 a quarter↑ 244% on last year£41,300
- 20Primary education teaching professionals54 a quarter↑ 6.7% on last year£43,700
- 21Business sales executives52 a quarter↑ 62% on last year£39,700
- 22Other vocational and industrial trainers52 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£38,900
- 23Special and additional needs education teaching professionals51 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£47,800
- 24Human resources officer49 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£35,100
- 25Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks49 a quarter↓ 39% on last year£32,700
What Medway has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Medway than across the UK. Information technology trainers adverts are 4.7 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Medway 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
- Isle of Wight
- Lewes
- Maidstone
- 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 Medway 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.