Care assistant jobs in Redbridge

Skills for Care recorded 5,200 filled care worker posts in Redbridge in 2024/25, out of 5,500 care worker posts in total. Around 275 of those care worker posts in Redbridge were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.6% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Redbridge.

The care worker role is 62.7% of the 8,300 filled adult social care posts in Redbridge. Turnover in the care worker role in Redbridge ran at 16.8%. New starters were 33.4% of care worker posts in Redbridge over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Redbridge ranks 4th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 5,200 in Redbridge. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Redbridge workforce, the same release records 400 filled senior care worker posts, 200 filled community support and outreach posts and 75 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Redbridge was £12.07 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 Redbridge only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Redbridge earn a median of £35,464 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Redbridge at £25,100, £10,364 below it.