Adult social care in South West
Occupational therapist jobs in Wiltshire
Adult social care in Wiltshire employs people in 75 filled occupational therapist posts, on the most recent Skills for Care count. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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What the official data says about Wiltshire
Skills for Care recorded 75 filled occupational therapist posts in Wiltshire in 2024/25, out of 75 occupational therapist posts in total.
The occupational therapist role is 0.5% of the 14,000 filled adult social care posts in Wiltshire. The publisher gives no turnover rate for this role in Wiltshire, only 25.6% across all care roles in the area.
On filled occupational therapist posts, Wiltshire ranks 1st of the 11 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 50 filled occupational therapist posts, against 75 in Wiltshire. Across the 116 published England areas the middle is 25.
For the shape of the rest of the Wiltshire workforce, the same release records 200 filled social worker posts, 400 filled registered nurse posts and 175 filled community support and outreach posts.
Reported median pay in Wiltshire was £20.55 an hour for the occupational therapist role and about £39,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Wiltshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Skills for Care withholds a vacancy rate, a turnover rate for the occupational therapist role in Wiltshire: the count is too small to release. Those figures are absent here rather than replaced with an average from elsewhere.
Full-time workers in Wiltshire earn a median of £36,370 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Wiltshire at £26,100, £10,270 below it.
- Occupational therapist, filled posts
- 75
- All adult social care roles, vacancy rate
- 7.4%
- Occupational therapist, median full-time annual pay
- £39,500
- Occupational therapist, posts in total
- 75
- Occupational therapist, median hourly pay
- £20.55
The occupational therapist role
Occupational therapy in social care is about what a person needs to be able to do, and what would have to change for them to keep doing it. Equipment, adaptations, routines, technique and confidence are all on the table.
A typical caseload mixes home visits, moving and handling assessments, major adaptation recommendations and joint work with social workers, housing teams and families.
Occupational therapist jobs in Wiltshire: common questions
How many occupational therapist jobs are there in Wiltshire?
Skills for Care recorded 75 filled occupational therapist posts in Wiltshire in 2024/25. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in Wiltshire.
What does a occupational therapist earn in Wiltshire?
Median reported pay in Wiltshire was £20.55 an hour, or about £39,500 a year full time, from local authority and independent sector employers. Each advert states its own rate, and that is the figure that counts.
Do I need experience to apply for occupational therapist jobs in Wiltshire?
HCPC registration as an occupational therapist. A recognised occupational therapy degree. Enhanced DBS check, paid for by the employer. Each advert in Wiltshire sets out what that employer asks for.