Care assistant jobs in Derbyshire

Skills for Care recorded 12,500 filled care worker posts in Derbyshire in 2024/25, out of 13,500 care worker posts in total. Around 1,300 of those care worker posts in Derbyshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 10.6% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Derbyshire.

The care worker role is 53.2% of the 23,500 filled adult social care posts in Derbyshire. Turnover in the care worker role in Derbyshire ran at 28.6%. New starters were 30.2% of care worker posts in Derbyshire over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Derbyshire ranks 3rd of the 10 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 7,350 filled care worker posts, against 12,500 in Derbyshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Derbyshire workforce, the same release records 1,400 filled senior care worker posts, 375 filled community support and outreach posts and 550 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Derbyshire was £12.19 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Derbyshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Derbyshire earn a median of £36,011 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Derbyshire at £25,500, £10,511 below it.