Care assistant jobs in Newham

Skills for Care recorded 3,100 filled care worker posts in Newham in 2024/25, out of 3,300 care worker posts in total. Around 175 of those care worker posts in Newham were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.9% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Newham.

The care worker role is 44.3% of the 7,000 filled adult social care posts in Newham. Turnover in the care worker role in Newham ran at 30.7%. New starters were 29.9% of care worker posts in Newham over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Newham ranks 21st of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 3,100 in Newham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Newham workforce, the same release records 250 filled senior care worker posts, 200 filled community support and outreach posts and 75 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Newham was £12.29 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Newham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Newham earn a median of £44,347 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Newham at £27,000, £17,347 below it.