Residential care home worker salary in the United Kingdom (2026)

What employers advertise across the United Kingdom.

£30,100 per year, median

the midpoint of 96 advertised salaries from 50 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 3 Sept 2026

about £2,500 a month

Low
£25,800
Median
£30,100
Average
£35,900
High
£54,600
Median Average
Low £25,800 High £54,600
The bar leaves out the highest and lowest tenth of advertised salaries; the darker section is the middle half.

Half of the adverts fall between £26,600 and £44,100. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.

How this figure was worked out

  • 96 advertised salaries, from 50 different employers.
  • Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 3 Sept 2026.
  • Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (54), a yearly figure (42). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
  • Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.

These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.

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