Care assistant jobs in Richmond upon Thames

Skills for Care recorded 2,200 filled care worker posts in Richmond upon Thames in 2024/25, out of 2,600 care worker posts in total. Around 400 of those care worker posts in Richmond upon Thames were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 15.9% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Richmond upon Thames.

The care worker role is 46.8% of the 4,700 filled adult social care posts in Richmond upon Thames. Turnover in the care worker role in Richmond upon Thames ran at 32.5%. New starters were 34.9% of care worker posts in Richmond upon Thames over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Richmond upon Thames ranks 30th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 2,200 in Richmond upon Thames. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Richmond upon Thames workforce, the same release records 175 filled senior care worker posts, 150 filled community support and outreach posts and 75 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Richmond upon Thames was £13.20 an hour for the care worker role and about £25,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Richmond upon Thames only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Richmond upon Thames earn a median of £41,037 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Richmond upon Thames at £30,100, £10,937 below it.