Senior care assistant jobs in North Northamptonshire

Skills for Care recorded 550 filled senior care worker posts in North Northamptonshire in 2024/25, out of 550 senior care worker posts in total. Around 10 of those senior care worker posts in North Northamptonshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 2.2% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in North Northamptonshire.

The senior care worker role is 5.2% of the 10,500 filled adult social care posts in North Northamptonshire. Turnover in the senior care worker role in North Northamptonshire ran at 27.7%. New starters were 7.7% of senior care worker posts in North Northamptonshire over the year.

On filled senior care worker posts, North Northamptonshire ranks 7th of the 10 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 625 filled senior care worker posts, against 550 in North Northamptonshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.

For the shape of the rest of the North Northamptonshire workforce, the same release records 6,200 filled care worker posts, 50 filled deputy manager posts and 250 filled registered manager posts.

Reported median pay in North Northamptonshire was £12.76 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £24,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in North Northamptonshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in North Northamptonshire earn a median of £35,745 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in North Northamptonshire at £25,100, £10,645 below it.