Support worker jobs in City of London

Skills for Care recorded 300 filled community support and outreach posts in City of London in 2024/25, out of 350 community support and outreach posts in total. Around 25 of those community support and outreach posts in City of London were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 13.2% vacancy rate for the community support and outreach role in City of London.

The community support and outreach role is 8.8% of the 3,400 filled adult social care posts in City of London. Turnover in the community support and outreach role in City of London ran at 10.7%. New starters were 10.9% of community support and outreach posts in City of London over the year.

On filled community support and outreach posts, City of London ranks 6th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 175 filled community support and outreach posts, against 300 in City of London. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 225.

For the shape of the rest of the City of London workforce, the same release records 1,600 filled care worker posts, 75 filled senior care worker posts and 25 filled social worker posts.

Reported median pay in City of London was £13.67 an hour for the community support and outreach role and about £26,300 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in City of London only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in City of London earn a median of £68,663 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in City of London at £27,400, £41,263 below it.