Care assistant jobs in Hounslow

Skills for Care recorded 2,900 filled care worker posts in Hounslow in 2024/25, out of 3,200 care worker posts in total. Around 350 of those care worker posts in Hounslow were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 11.5% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Hounslow.

The care worker role is 52.7% of the 5,500 filled adult social care posts in Hounslow. Turnover in the care worker role in Hounslow ran at 31.1%. New starters were 40.3% of care worker posts in Hounslow over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Hounslow ranks 25th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 2,900 in Hounslow. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Hounslow workforce, the same release records 225 filled senior care worker posts, 225 filled community support and outreach posts and 100 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Hounslow was £12.79 an hour for the care worker role and about £24,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Hounslow only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Hounslow earn a median of £43,068 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Hounslow at £27,500, £15,568 below it.