Adult social care in North West
Senior care assistant jobs in Stockport
Adult social care in Stockport employs people in 400 filled senior care worker 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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Published figures for Stockport
What the official data says about Stockport
Skills for Care recorded 400 filled senior care worker posts in Stockport in 2024/25, out of 425 senior care worker posts in total. Around 10 of those senior care worker posts in Stockport were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 3.5% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Stockport.
The senior care worker role is 4.9% of the 8,100 filled adult social care posts in Stockport. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Stockport ran at 12.8%. New starters were 20.6% of senior care worker posts in Stockport over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, Stockport ranks 9th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 312.5 filled senior care worker posts, against 400 in Stockport. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the Stockport workforce, the same release records 4,900 filled care worker posts, 25 filled deputy manager posts and 125 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Stockport was £13.02 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £25,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Stockport only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Stockport earn a median of £35,406 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Stockport at £25,600, £9,806 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 400
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £13.02
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.39
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 425
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 10
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 3.5%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 12.8%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 20.6%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £25,100
The senior care assistant role
A senior care assistant runs the shift. You still deliver care, but you also hold the medication trolley, allocate the floor, handle the family who arrives upset and decide when something needs escalating to the manager or to a GP.
It is the first step where accountability moves from your own practice to other people's. Most seniors come up through a care assistant role in the same service rather than arriving from outside.
Senior care assistant jobs in Stockport: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in Stockport?
Skills for Care recorded 400 filled senior care worker posts in Stockport in 2024/25, with around 10 vacant. That is the size of the workforce, not a count of adverts. The live list on this page shows what is currently open in Stockport.
What does a senior care worker earn in Stockport?
Median reported pay in Stockport was £13.02 an hour, or about £25,100 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 senior care assistant jobs in Stockport?
Usually a year or more in a care assistant role. Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care, or working towards it. Medication administration training. Each advert in Stockport sets out what that employer asks for.