Adult social care in North East
Care assistant jobs in County Durham
Adult social care in County Durham employs people in 8,000 filled care worker posts, on the most recent Skills for Care count. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for County Durham
What the official data says about County Durham
Skills for Care recorded 8,000 filled care worker posts in County Durham in 2024/25, out of 8,400 care worker posts in total. Around 425 of those care worker posts in County Durham were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.3% vacancy rate for the care worker role in County Durham.
The care worker role is 55.2% of the 14,500 filled adult social care posts in County Durham. Turnover in the care worker role in County Durham ran at 40.7%. New starters were 46.2% of care worker posts in County Durham over the year.
On filled care worker posts, County Durham ranks 1st of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 3,300 filled care worker posts, against 8,000 in County Durham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.
For the shape of the rest of the County Durham workforce, the same release records 750 filled senior care worker posts, 375 filled community support and outreach posts and 375 filled registered nurse posts.
Reported median pay in County Durham 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 County Durham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in County Durham earn a median of £32,945 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in County Durham at £25,100, £7,845 below it.
- Care worker, filled posts
- 8,000
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 4.5%
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.07
- All adult social care roles, turnover rate
- 29.4%
- Care worker, posts in total
- 8,400
- Care worker, vacant posts
- 425
- Care worker, vacancy rate
- 5.3%
- Care worker, turnover rate
- 40.7%
- Care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 46.2%
- Care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £23,200
The care assistant role
Care assistant work is practical and personal. A shift is built around helping people wash, dress, eat, take medication and get out of the house, and around noticing the small changes that mean somebody is not themselves today.
Employers here are care homes, home care providers and supported living services. Most take people with no care background at all and train them, because attitude is harder to teach than task.
Care assistant jobs in County Durham: common questions
How many care worker jobs are there in County Durham?
Skills for Care recorded 8,000 filled care worker posts in County Durham in 2024/25, with around 425 vacant. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in County Durham.
What does a care worker earn in County Durham?
Median reported pay in County Durham was £12.07 an hour, or about £23,200 a year full time, from local authority and independent sector employers. Each advert states its own rate, and that is the figure that counts.
Do I need experience to apply for care assistant jobs in County Durham?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Right to work in the UK. Each advert in County Durham sets out what that employer asks for.