Care assistant jobs in Isle of Wight

Skills for Care recorded 2,400 filled care worker posts in Isle of Wight in 2024/25, out of 2,700 care worker posts in total. Around 275 of those care worker posts in Isle of Wight were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 11.2% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Isle of Wight.

The care worker role is 45.3% of the 5,300 filled adult social care posts in Isle of Wight. Turnover in the care worker role in Isle of Wight ran at 33.3%. New starters were 33.1% of care worker posts in Isle of Wight over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Isle of Wight ranks 14th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 3,700 filled care worker posts, against 2,400 in Isle of Wight. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Isle of Wight workforce, the same release records 325 filled senior care worker posts, 250 filled community support and outreach posts and 100 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Isle of Wight was £12.11 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Isle of Wight only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Isle of Wight earn a median of £28,543 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Isle of Wight at £25,400, £3,143 below it.