Care assistant jobs in Enfield

Skills for Care recorded 5,700 filled care worker posts in Enfield in 2024/25, out of 6,200 care worker posts in total. Around 475 of those care worker posts in Enfield were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 8.4% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Enfield.

The care worker role is 54.3% of the 10,500 filled adult social care posts in Enfield. Turnover in the care worker role in Enfield ran at 24.7%. New starters were 19.6% of care worker posts in Enfield over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Enfield ranks 2nd of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 5,700 in Enfield. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Enfield workforce, the same release records 500 filled senior care worker posts, 275 filled community support and outreach posts and 125 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Enfield was £12.32 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Enfield only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Enfield earn a median of £40,036 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Enfield at £25,800, £14,236 below it.