Adult social care in West Midlands
Senior care assistant jobs in Birmingham
Adult social care in Birmingham employs people in 1,500 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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What the official data says about Birmingham
Skills for Care recorded 1,500 filled senior care worker posts in Birmingham in 2024/25, out of 1,600 senior care worker posts in total. Around 75 of those senior care worker posts in Birmingham were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 4.1% vacancy rate for the senior care worker role in Birmingham.
The senior care worker role is 4.5% of the 33,000 filled adult social care posts in Birmingham. Turnover in the senior care worker role in Birmingham ran at 3.7%. New starters were 9.1% of senior care worker posts in Birmingham over the year.
On filled senior care worker posts, Birmingham ranks 1st of the 14 West Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the West Midlands sits at 462.5 filled senior care worker posts, against 1,500 in Birmingham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 375.
For the shape of the rest of the Birmingham workforce, the same release records 18,500 filled care worker posts, 125 filled deputy manager posts and 550 filled registered manager posts.
Reported median pay in Birmingham was £12.55 an hour for the senior care worker role and about £24,100 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Birmingham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.
Full-time workers in Birmingham earn a median of £38,556 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Birmingham at £24,700, £13,856 below it.
- Senior care worker, filled posts
- 1,500
- Senior care worker, median hourly pay
- £12.55
- Care worker, median hourly pay
- £11.82
- Senior care worker, posts in total
- 1,600
- Senior care worker, vacant posts
- 75
- Senior care worker, vacancy rate
- 4.1%
- Senior care worker, turnover rate
- 3.7%
- Senior care worker, starters in the last 12 months
- 9.1%
- Senior care worker, median full-time annual pay
- £24,100
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 Birmingham: common questions
How many senior care worker jobs are there in Birmingham?
Skills for Care recorded 1,500 filled senior care worker posts in Birmingham in 2024/25, with around 75 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 Birmingham.
What does a senior care worker earn in Birmingham?
Median reported pay in Birmingham was £12.55 an hour, or about £24,100 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 Birmingham?
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 Birmingham sets out what that employer asks for.