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This is a collection of the job titles or occupations of the people living in London in the 19th Century.
| Jack | young male assistant, sailor, or lumberjack |
| Jack-Frame Tenter | A worker who operated a jack-frame, used for giving a twist to the thread in the Cotton industry. |
| Jack Smith | maker of lifting machinery, etc. |
| Jagger | Fish peddler, carrier, or carter. |
| Jakes Farmer | A person who emptied cesspools. |
| Jam Maker | Someone who makes jam. |
| Japanner | Someone who varnishes wooden furniture with a hard brilliant coat of hard lacquer. Invented in Japan. |
| Jerquer | Custom house officer who searched ships. |
| Jersey Comber | A worker in woollen manufacture. (wool which has been combed but not spun into yarn is called Jersey). |
| Jeweller | made jewelry |
| Jeweller & Watchmaker | Someone who made jewelry and watches |
| Jobber | A buyer in quantity to sell to others, a pieceworker |
| Jobbing Gardener | One employed on a casual basis. |
| Job Coachman | The driver of coach hired out for long periods to nobility or gentry. |
| Jobling Gardener | One employed on a casual basis. May be a misspelling, see Jobbing Gardener. |
| Jobmaster | A person who supplied carriages, horses and drivers for hire. |
| Joiner | A skilled carpenter. One who works with wood. See also Joyner. |
| Jongleur | A travelling minstrel. |
| Jorman | A journeyman. |
| Journeyman | one who served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft - time served, and no longer had to work for someone else (though they often still did). |
| Journeyman Baker | time served baker - in other words, fully qualified |
| Journeyman Shoemaker | ditto, shoemaker |
| Journeyman Sweep | ditto, sweep |
| Jouster | A fish monger, usually a female hawker of fish, travelling from town to town. |
| Joyner | A skilled carpenter. See Joiner |
| Junior Clerk | a junior anything is usually one learning the job |
| Justiciar | The head of the royal judicial system and the king's viceroy when absent from the country. |
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