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Jobs in Swale

The jobs employers in Swale advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work Swale has more of than the rest of the UK.

New job adverts a quarter3,200on 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 2026

The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in Swale, 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.

  1. 1Care worker113 a quarter↓ 4.3%£28,200
  2. 2Warehouse operatives91 a quarter↓ 4.2%£28,700
  3. 3Delivery drivers and couriers89 a quarter↑ 42%£27,900
  4. 4Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers86 a quarter↑ 10%£39,900
  5. 5Maintenance fitter76 a quarter↑ 58%£41,000
  6. 6Teaching assistant58 a quarter↓ 6.5%£19,900
  7. 7Cleaner56 a quarter↓ 41%£24,000
  8. 8Chefs55 a quarter↑ 5.1%£30,300
  9. 9Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians50 a quarter↓ 8.3%£39,300
  10. 10Nursing auxiliaries and assistants46 a quarter↓ 17%£28,100
  11. 11IT support technician45 a quarter↑ 15%£35,300
  12. 12Kitchen and catering assistants43 a quarter↓ 11%£23,400
  13. 13Sales assistant43 a quarter↓ 19%£25,300
  14. 14Information technology trainers42 a quarter↑ 223%£41,300
  15. 15Other administrative occupations n.e.c.40 a quarter↓ 25%£27,600
  16. 16Records clerks and assistants36 a quarter↓ 2.7%£28,100
  17. 17Prison officer33 a quarter↑ 408%£41,300 UK
  18. 18Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.32 a quarter↓ 28%£27,200
  19. 19Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.32 a quarter↑ 100%£27,600
  20. 19Metal making and treating process operatives32 a quarter↑ 433%£38,800
  21. 21Business sales executives32 a quarter↑ 456%£39,700
  22. 22Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.31 a quarter↓ 39%£38,400
  23. 23Secondary education teaching professionals30 a quarter↑ 114%£45,600
  24. 24Customer service occupations n.e.c.30 a quarter↓ 14%£27,500
  25. 24Food, drink and tobacco process operatives30 a quarter↑ 13%£28,000

What Swale has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Swale than across the UK. Prison officer adverts are 15.4 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Prison officer15.4×
Information technology trainers6.0×
Farm worker3.1×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.2.6×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.4×
Warehouse operatives2.4×
Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers2.2×
Houseparents and residential wardens2.1×
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives2.0×
Delivery drivers and couriers1.9×
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Same as UK (1×)
Prison officer15.4×
Information technology trainers6.0×
Farm worker3.1×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.2.6×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.4×
Warehouse operatives2.4×
Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers2.2×
Houseparents and residential wardens2.1×
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives2.0×
Delivery drivers and couriers1.9×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Swale over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in South East

Sources

Job adverts, what Swale 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.