Jobs in Middlesbrough
The jobs employers in Middlesbrough advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Middlesbrough has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter4,500on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised388 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 Middlesbrough, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in North East, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker140 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£26,000
- 2Business development manager89 a quarter↑ 35% on last year£58,500
- 3Teaching assistant83 a quarter↑ 26% on last year£22,600
- 4Nursing auxiliaries and assistants77 a quarter↓ 27% on last year£26,900
- 5Maintenance fitter76 a quarter↑ 6.6% on last year£41,500
- 6Business sales executives73 a quarter↑ 55% on last year£37,900 UK
- 7Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers71 a quarter↑ 34% on last year£37,700
- 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.67 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£28,800
- 9Social worker67 a quarter↓ 33% on last year£42,800
- 10Sales assistant64 a quarter↓ 7.9% on last year£25,000
- 11Cleaner59 a quarter↓ 8.5% on last year£23,800
- 12Kitchen and catering assistants58 a quarter↑ 4.2% on last year£18,900
- 13Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians54 a quarter→ 0% on last year£37,800
- 14Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks52 a quarter↓ 29% on last year£31,100
- 15Warehouse operatives52 a quarter↑ 5.4% on last year£27,400
- 16Other vocational and industrial trainers52 a quarter↑ 36% on last year£29,200
- 17Delivery drivers and couriers50 a quarter↑ 11% on last year£28,000
- 18IT support technician49 a quarter↓ 16% on last year£35,100 UK
- 19Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.48 a quarter↑ 3.2% on last year£30,100
- 20Software developer47 a quarter↑ 71% on last year£56,300
- 21Specialist medical practitioners and consultants46 a quarter↓ 36% on last year£92,800 UK
- 21Records clerks and assistants46 a quarter↓ 31% on last year£26,400
- 23Chefs45 a quarter↑ 37% on last year£29,500
- 24Primary education teaching professionals45 a quarter↑ 6.9% on last year£45,900 UK
- 25Customer service occupations n.e.c.42 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£26,700
What Middlesbrough has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Middlesbrough than across the UK. Child and early years officers adverts are 3.4 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Middlesbrough over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- County Durham
- Darlington
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
Sources
- Job adverts, what Middlesbrough 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.