Care assistant jobs in Westminster

Skills for Care recorded 3,000 filled care worker posts in Westminster in 2024/25, out of 3,500 care worker posts in total. Around 425 of those care worker posts in Westminster were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 14.8% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Westminster.

The care worker role is 44.1% of the 6,800 filled adult social care posts in Westminster. Turnover in the care worker role in Westminster ran at 29.8%. New starters were 38.7% of care worker posts in Westminster over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Westminster ranks 23rd of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 3,000 in Westminster. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Westminster workforce, the same release records 125 filled senior care worker posts, 425 filled community support and outreach posts and 75 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Westminster was £13.87 an hour for the care worker role and about £26,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Westminster only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Westminster earn a median of £53,923 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Westminster at £30,200, £23,723 below it.