Care assistant jobs in Havering

Skills for Care recorded 3,800 filled care worker posts in Havering in 2024/25, out of 4,200 care worker posts in total. Around 375 of those care worker posts in Havering were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 10.4% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Havering.

The care worker role is 52.8% of the 7,200 filled adult social care posts in Havering. Turnover in the care worker role in Havering ran at 25.1%. New starters were 44.6% of care worker posts in Havering over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Havering ranks 12th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 3,800 in Havering. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Havering workforce, the same release records 400 filled senior care worker posts, 175 filled community support and outreach posts and 150 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Havering was £12.03 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,200 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Havering only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Havering earn a median of £41,054 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Havering at £25,500, £15,554 below it.