Care assistant jobs in Islington

Skills for Care recorded 3,500 filled care worker posts in Islington in 2024/25, out of 3,900 care worker posts in total. Around 375 of those care worker posts in Islington were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 10.5% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Islington.

The care worker role is 46.7% of the 7,500 filled adult social care posts in Islington. Turnover in the care worker role in Islington ran at 34.3%. New starters were 37.3% of care worker posts in Islington over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Islington ranks 18th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 3,500 in Islington. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Islington workforce, the same release records 200 filled senior care worker posts, 375 filled community support and outreach posts and 100 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Islington was £12.92 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 Islington only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Islington earn a median of £53,185 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Islington at £27,500, £25,685 below it.