Jobs in Oxford
The jobs employers in Oxford advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Oxford has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter13,000on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised402 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 Oxford, 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.
- 1Business development manager272 a quarter↓ 4.6% on last year£61,600
- 2Software developer261 a quarter↑ 2.5% on last year£52,800
- 3Chefs240 a quarter↓ 4.4% on last year£30,300
- 4Business sales executives222 a quarter↑ 31% on last year£39,700
- 5Care worker206 a quarter↑ 3.5% on last year£28,200
- 6Maintenance fitter183 a quarter↓ 25% on last year£41,000
- 7IT support technician181 a quarter↓ 2.7% on last year£35,300
- 8Kitchen and catering assistants175 a quarter↓ 7.9% on last year£23,400
- 9Other administrative occupations n.e.c.169 a quarter↓ 20% on last year£27,600
- 10Business and financial project management professionals168 a quarter↓ 1.2% on last year£59,800
- 11Other researchers, unspecified discipline153 a quarter↓ 3.2% on last year£44,600 UK
- 12Specialist medical practitioners and consultants150 a quarter↓ 24% on last year£80,200
- 13Sales assistant145 a quarter↓ 6.5% on last year£25,300
- 14Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians144 a quarter↓ 11% on last year£39,300
- 15Records clerks and assistants138 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£28,100
- 16Electrician138 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£42,700
- 17Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks130 a quarter↓ 14% on last year£32,700
- 18Other vocational and industrial trainers125 a quarter↑ 57% on last year£38,900
- 19Cleaner124 a quarter↑ 1.2% on last year£24,000
- 20Receptionist124 a quarter↑ 2.5% on last year£25,400
- 21Solicitor116 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£53,300
- 22IT managers115 a quarter↓ 2% on last year£59,400
- 23Systems analyst113 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£68,100
- 24Other registered nursing professionals112 a quarter↓ 47% on last year£42,000
- 25Plumber110 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£40,000
What Oxford has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Oxford than across the UK. Other researchers, unspecified discipline adverts are 35.9 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Oxford 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
- Medway
- Mid Sussex
- Milton Keynes
- Mole Valley
- New Forest
- 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 Oxford 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.