Care assistant jobs in Croydon

Skills for Care recorded 6,500 filled care worker posts in Croydon in 2024/25, out of 7,400 care worker posts in total. Around 900 of those care worker posts in Croydon were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 13% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Croydon.

The care worker role is 56.5% of the 11,500 filled adult social care posts in Croydon. Turnover in the care worker role in Croydon ran at 32.2%. New starters were 30.2% of care worker posts in Croydon over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Croydon ranks 1st of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 6,500 in Croydon. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Croydon workforce, the same release records 600 filled senior care worker posts, 325 filled community support and outreach posts and 325 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Croydon was £12.39 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,800 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Croydon only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Croydon earn a median of £40,033 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Croydon at £26,600, £13,433 below it.