Care assistant jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Skills for Care recorded 5,300 filled care worker posts in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2024/25, out of 5,600 care worker posts in total. Around 250 of those care worker posts in Newcastle upon Tyne were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 4.9% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The care worker role is 55.2% of the 9,600 filled adult social care posts in Newcastle upon Tyne. Turnover in the care worker role in Newcastle upon Tyne ran at 23.2%. New starters were 29.5% of care worker posts in Newcastle upon Tyne over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks 2nd of the 12 North East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North East sits at 3,300 filled care worker posts, against 5,300 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Newcastle upon Tyne workforce, the same release records 450 filled senior care worker posts, 250 filled community support and outreach posts and 250 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Newcastle upon Tyne was £12.24 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,500 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.