Care assistant jobs in Camden

Skills for Care recorded 3,600 filled care worker posts in Camden in 2024/25, out of 4,200 care worker posts in total. Around 650 of those care worker posts in Camden were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 17.5% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Camden.

The care worker role is 48% of the 7,500 filled adult social care posts in Camden. Turnover in the care worker role in Camden ran at 57.9%. New starters were 36.3% of care worker posts in Camden over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Camden ranks 17th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 3,600 in Camden. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Camden workforce, the same release records 225 filled senior care worker posts, 425 filled community support and outreach posts and 50 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Camden was £12.95 an hour for the care worker role and about £24,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Camden only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Camden earn a median of £53,577 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Camden at £28,000, £25,577 below it.