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Jobs in Thanet

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

New job adverts a quarter2,200on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised338 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 Thanet, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in South East.

  1. 1Care worker120 a quarter↓ 4%£28,200
  2. 2Kitchen and catering assistants69 a quarter↑ 6.1%£23,400
  3. 3Cleaner67 a quarter↓ 38%£24,000
  4. 4Nursing auxiliaries and assistants58 a quarter↓ 18%£28,100
  5. 5Sales assistant55 a quarter↑ 7.8%£25,300
  6. 6Chefs50 a quarter↓ 11%£30,300
  7. 7Delivery drivers and couriers43 a quarter↑ 34%£27,900
  8. 8Specialist medical practitioners and consultants38 a quarter↓ 13%£80,200
  9. 9IT support technician33 a quarter↓ 12%£35,300
  10. 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.29 a quarter↓ 33%£27,600
  11. 11Other registered nursing professionals29 a quarter↓ 61%£42,000
  12. 12Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.27 a quarter↑ 6.5%£27,200
  13. 13Occupational therapist27 a quarter↑ 130%£39,500
  14. 13Early education and childcare practitioners27 a quarter↑ 3.9%£22,500
  15. 13Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks27 a quarter↑ 211%£32,700
  16. 16Receptionist25 a quarter↓ 16%£25,400
  17. 16Educational support assistants25 a quarter↓ 48%£20,400
  18. 18Senior care worker25 a quarter↑ 29%£30,500
  19. 19Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.24 a quarter↑ 1.4%£38,400
  20. 20Teaching assistant24 a quarter↓ 70%£19,900
  21. 21Records clerks and assistants23 a quarter↓ 23%£28,100
  22. 22Warehouse operatives22 a quarter↓ 23%£28,700
  23. 23Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors21 a quarter↑ 13%£45,300
  24. 23Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.21 a quarter↑ 7.7%£27,600
  25. 25Customer service occupations n.e.c.21 a quarter↓ 22%£27,500

What Thanet has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Thanet than across the UK. Occupational therapist adverts are 4.9 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Occupational therapist4.9×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.9×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.2.9×
Specialist medical practitioners and consultants2.7×
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants2.2×
Care worker2.2×
Kitchen and catering assistants2.2×
Senior care worker2.0×
Construction operatives n.e.c.2.0×
Cleaner1.9×
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Same as UK (1×)
Occupational therapist4.9×
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.2.9×
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.2.9×
Specialist medical practitioners and consultants2.7×
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants2.2×
Care worker2.2×
Kitchen and catering assistants2.2×
Senior care worker2.0×
Construction operatives n.e.c.2.0×
Cleaner1.9×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Thanet over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in South East

Sources

Job adverts, what Thanet 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.