Care assistant jobs in North Tyneside

Skills for Care recorded 3,500 filled care worker posts in North Tyneside in 2024/25, out of 3,800 care worker posts in total. Around 275 of those care worker posts in North Tyneside were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 7.8% vacancy rate for the care worker role in North Tyneside.

The care worker role is 54.7% of the 6,400 filled adult social care posts in North Tyneside. Turnover in the care worker role in North Tyneside ran at 39.3%. New starters were 37.9% of care worker posts in North Tyneside over the year.

On filled care worker posts, North Tyneside ranks 5th 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 3,500 in North Tyneside. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the North Tyneside workforce, the same release records 275 filled senior care worker posts, 250 filled community support and outreach posts and 125 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in North Tyneside was £12.10 an hour for the care worker role and about £23,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in North Tyneside only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in North Tyneside earn a median of £37,005 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in North Tyneside at £25,300, £11,705 below it.