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Jobs in Torfaen

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

New job adverts a quarter1,700on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised331 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 Torfaen, 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.

  1. 1Care worker66 a quarter↓ 2.2%£27,200
  2. 2Sales assistant50 a quarter↑ 18%£24,500
  3. 3Nursing auxiliaries and assistants47 a quarter↓ 1.1%£29,600
  4. 4Cleaner39 a quarter→ 0%£24,300
  5. 5Teaching assistant31 a quarter↓ 6.1%£20,900
  6. 5Warehouse operatives31 a quarter↑ 1.1%£27,400
  7. 7Food, drink and tobacco process operatives30 a quarter↑ 1.1%£27,100
  8. 7Delivery drivers and couriers30 a quarter↓ 8.2%£25,600
  9. 9Other administrative occupations n.e.c.30 a quarter↑ 1.1%£26,900
  10. 10Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks28 a quarter↓ 24%£31,600
  11. 11Other registered nursing professionals25 a quarter↓ 55%£40,500
  12. 12Primary education teaching professionals24 a quarter↑ 42%£48,900
  13. 13Records clerks and assistants24 a quarter↑ 4.4%£28,200
  14. 14Maintenance fitter23 a quarter↓ 15%£38,400
  15. 15Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.23 a quarter↑ 88%£28,900
  16. 16Kitchen and catering assistants20 a quarter↓ 32%£22,500
  17. 17Educational support assistants20 a quarter↑ 25%£23,700
  18. 18IT support technician19 a quarter↓ 2.6%£32,700
  19. 19Senior care worker18 a quarter↑ 25%£28,400
  20. 20Customer service occupations n.e.c.17 a quarter↑ 13%£27,000
  21. 21Specialist medical practitioners and consultants17 a quarter↓ 24%£92,800 UK
  22. 22Chefs17 a quarter↑ 25%£28,900
  23. 23Early education and childcare assistants15 a quarter↑ 7.4%£24,700 UK
  24. 24IT managers14 a quarter↑ 36%£48,000
  25. 24Secondary education teaching professionals14 a quarter↑ 7.7%£48,900

What Torfaen has more of

ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026

Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in Torfaen than across the UK. Food, drink and tobacco process operatives adverts are 3.8 times as common.

Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives3.8×
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants2.3×
Primary education teaching professionals2.2×
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.2.2×
Sales assistant2.0×
Other registered nursing professionals1.7×
Care worker1.6×
Warehouse operatives1.5×
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Same as UK (1×)
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives3.8×
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants2.3×
Primary education teaching professionals2.2×
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.2.2×
Sales assistant2.0×
Other registered nursing professionals1.7×
Care worker1.6×
Warehouse operatives1.5×
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in Torfaen over the year are shown.

Nearby areas

All areas in Wales

Sources

Job adverts, what Torfaen 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.