Care assistant jobs in North Northamptonshire

Skills for Care recorded 6,200 filled care worker posts in North Northamptonshire in 2024/25, out of 6,600 care worker posts in total. Around 450 of those care worker posts in North Northamptonshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 7.5% vacancy rate for the care worker role in North Northamptonshire.

The care worker role is 59% of the 10,500 filled adult social care posts in North Northamptonshire. Turnover in the care worker role in North Northamptonshire ran at 27.2%. New starters were 34.3% of care worker posts in North Northamptonshire over the year.

On filled care worker posts, North Northamptonshire ranks 8th 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 6,200 in North Northamptonshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the North Northamptonshire workforce, the same release records 550 filled senior care worker posts, 200 filled community support and outreach posts and 200 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in North Northamptonshire was £12.03 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in North Northamptonshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in North Northamptonshire earn a median of £35,745 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in North Northamptonshire at £25,100, £10,645 below it.