Care assistant jobs in Merton

Skills for Care recorded 2,700 filled care worker posts in Merton in 2024/25, out of 2,900 care worker posts in total. Around 200 of those care worker posts in Merton were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 9.3% vacancy rate for the care worker role in Merton.

The care worker role is 58.7% of the 4,600 filled adult social care posts in Merton. Turnover in the care worker role in Merton ran at 15%. New starters were 25.9% of care worker posts in Merton over the year.

On filled care worker posts, Merton ranks 27th of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 3,600 filled care worker posts, against 2,700 in Merton. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 3,950.

For the shape of the rest of the Merton workforce, the same release records 225 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled community support and outreach posts and 125 filled registered nurse posts.

Reported median pay in Merton was £12.94 an hour for the care worker role and about £24,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Merton only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Merton earn a median of £38,471 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Merton at £26,900, £11,571 below it.