Jobs in Rochdale
The jobs employers in Rochdale advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Rochdale has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter4,400on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised358 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 Rochdale, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in North West.
- 1Care worker138 a quarter↑ 12% on last year£27,200
- 2Teaching assistant123 a quarter↓ 4.7% on last year£21,200
- 3Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers116 a quarter↑ 13% on last year£38,700
- 4Warehouse operatives112 a quarter↑ 10% on last year£27,000
- 5Delivery drivers and couriers82 a quarter↓ 5.8% on last year£28,400
- 6Sales assistant75 a quarter↑ 24% on last year£24,500
- 7Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians72 a quarter↑ 53% on last year£36,200
- 8Other administrative occupations n.e.c.72 a quarter↓ 5.3% on last year£27,500
- 9Customer service occupations n.e.c.70 a quarter↑ 26% on last year£27,100
- 10Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks69 a quarter↓ 1.4% on last year£30,300
- 11Cleaner64 a quarter↓ 6.6% on last year£23,000
- 12Maintenance fitter62 a quarter↑ 27% on last year£40,900
- 13Secondary education teaching professionals60 a quarter↑ 11% on last year£46,300
- 14Social worker57 a quarter↓ 9.6% on last year£43,000
- 15Educational support assistants55 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£22,900
- 16Nursing auxiliaries and assistants54 a quarter↑ 2.9% on last year£27,200
- 17IT support technician50 a quarter↑ 21% on last year£34,200
- 18Kitchen and catering assistants47 a quarter↓ 16% on last year£21,300
- 19Other vocational and industrial trainers45 a quarter↑ 6% on last year£39,400
- 20Early education and childcare practitioners42 a quarter↑ 18% on last year£22,600
- 21Fork-lift truck drivers41 a quarter↑ 5.1% on last year£29,700
- 22Food, drink and tobacco process operatives40 a quarter↑ 2.6% on last year£27,000
- 23Business sales executives38 a quarter↑ 81% on last year£35,400
- 24Higher level teaching assistants38 a quarter↑ 25% on last year£27,400
- 25Business development manager37 a quarter↓ 30% on last year£55,000
What Rochdale has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Rochdale than across the UK. Fork-lift truck drivers adverts are 4.6 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Rochdale over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Burnley
- Bury
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Chorley
- Cumberland
- Fylde
- Halton
- Hyndburn
- Knowsley
- Lancaster
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Oldham
- Pendle
- Preston
- Ribble Valley
- Rossendale
- Salford
- Sefton
- South Ribble
- St. Helens
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Warrington
- West Lancashire
- Westmorland and Furness
- Wigan
- Wirral
- Wyre
Sources
- Job adverts, what Rochdale 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.