Care assistant jobs in Kingston upon Thames

Skills for Care recorded 2,300 filled care worker posts in Kingston upon Thames in 2024/25, out of 2,500 care worker posts in total. Around 200 of those care worker posts in Kingston upon Thames were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 9.4% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Kingston upon Thames.

The care worker role is 53.5% of the 4,300 filled adult social care posts in Kingston upon Thames. Turnover in the care worker role in Kingston upon Thames ran at 18.2%. New starters were 32.8% of care worker posts in Kingston upon Thames over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Kingston upon Thames ranks 28th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 2,300 in Kingston upon Thames. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Kingston upon Thames workforce, the same release records 175 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled community support and outreach posts and 125 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Kingston upon Thames was £12.93 an hour for the care worker role and about £24,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Kingston upon Thames only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Kingston upon Thames earn a median of £42,346 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Kingston upon Thames at £27,600, £14,746 below it.