Senior care assistant jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Skills for Care recorded 450 filled senior care worker posts in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2024/25, out of 450 senior care worker posts in total. Around 10 of those senior care worker posts in Newcastle upon Tyne were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 2.7% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The senior care worker role is 4.7% of the 9,600 filled adult social care posts in Newcastle upon Tyne. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Newcastle upon Tyne ran at 13.5%. New starters were 15.4% of senior care worker posts in Newcastle upon Tyne over the year.

On filled senior care worker posts, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks 3rd of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 275 filled senior care worker posts, against 450 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.

For the shape of the rest of the Newcastle upon Tyne workforce, the same release records 5,300 filled care worker posts, 50 filled deputy manager posts and 100 filled registered manager posts.

Reported median pay in Newcastle upon Tyne was £13.01 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £25,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Newcastle upon Tyne only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Newcastle upon Tyne earn a median of £36,726 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Newcastle upon Tyne at £25,800, £10,926 below it.