Jobs in Neath Port Talbot
The jobs employers in Neath Port Talbot advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Neath Port Talbot has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter2,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised330 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 Neath Port Talbot, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in Wales, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker85 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£27,200
- 2Nursing auxiliaries and assistants61 a quarter↓ 19% on last year£29,600
- 3Delivery drivers and couriers52 a quarter↑ 28% on last year£25,600
- 4Cleaner47 a quarter↓ 18% on last year£24,300
- 5Teaching assistant44 a quarter↓ 6.4% on last year£20,900
- 6Sales assistant43 a quarter↑ 7.5% on last year£24,500
- 7Maintenance fitter41 a quarter↑ 105% on last year£38,400
- 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.36 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£26,900
- 9IT support technician31 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£32,700
- 10Warehouse operatives29 a quarter↑ 9.4% on last year£27,400
- 11Kitchen and catering assistants28 a quarter↓ 26% on last year£22,500
- 12Records clerks and assistants25 a quarter↓ 5.7% on last year£28,200
- 13Business development manager24 a quarter↑ 85% on last year£53,000
- 14Customer service occupations n.e.c.23 a quarter↑ 4.5% on last year£27,000
- 15Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.22 a quarter↑ 115% on last year£36,500
- 16Security guards and related occupations21 a quarter↓ 2.4% on last year£32,300
- 17Specialist medical practitioners and consultants20 a quarter↑ 14% on last year£92,800 UK
- 17Business and financial project management professionals20 a quarter↑ 100% on last year£54,100
- 17Chefs20 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£28,900
- 20Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors20 a quarter↑ 56% on last year£44,100
- 21Food, drink and tobacco process operatives19 a quarter↑ 5.6% on last year£27,100
- 21Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers19 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£38,700
- 23Other registered nursing professionals17 a quarter↓ 49% on last year£40,500
- 23Pharmacy assistant17 a quarter↑ 162% on last year£23,300
- 25Business sales executives16 a quarter↑ 100% on last year£35,600
What Neath Port Talbot has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Neath Port Talbot than across the UK. Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c. adverts are 2.8 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Neath Port Talbot over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
Sources
- Job adverts, what Neath Port Talbot 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.