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Social care worker salary in the United Kingdom (2026)

What employers advertise across the United Kingdom.

£28,800 per year, median

the midpoint of 116 advertised salaries from 38 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 3 Sept 2026

about £2,400 a month

Low
£26,200
Median
£28,800
Average
£32,900
High
£36,500
Median Average
Low £26,200 High £36,500
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 £27,100 and £31,900. “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

  • 116 advertised salaries, from 38 different employers.
  • Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 3 Sept 2026.
  • Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (101), a yearly figure (15). 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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Senior Care Worker PH Care Group · Brampton · Full-time Relief Social Care Worker, Smiddybrae House - ORK10288 Orkney Islands Council · Dounby · from 17 £/hrFull-time Social Care Worker 2, Inverness - HGH21522 HIGHLAND COUNCIL · Drummond · from 30k £/yrFull-time Senior Care Worker CrossReach · Scalloway · Full-time Emergency Care Worker - EAL13029 East Lothian Council · Haddington · 17–18 £/hrPart-time Night Care Worker CrossReach · Scalloway · Full-time Relief Social Care Worker, St Rognvald's House - ORK10193 Orkney Islands Council · Kirkwall · from 17 £/hrFull-time Housing with Care Worker - FLK14554 Falkirk Council · Woodlands · Full-time Night Care Worker CrossReach · Balmedie · Full-time Supply Social Care Worker (Residential Services) - Chalmers Road Residential Unit, Ayr - SOA12925 - South Ayrshire Council · Ayr · Full-time Social Care Assistant - Pineview - EAD09764 East Dunbartonshire Council · Bearsden · Part-time Care Worker CrossReach · Giffnock · Full-time Care Worker CrossReach · Scalloway · Full-time Social Care Worker (Permanent) (Part Time) - REN14990 RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL · Blackhall · Part-time Social Care Worker, Goathill (0824) - CNS06465 COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR · Stornoway · 25–27k £/yrFull-time Care Worker Mayfair Homecare · Hockley · Part-time Community Care Worker- Drivers Only Nurse Plus · Devonport · Part-time Housing Care Worker Trust Housing Association Limited · Galashiels · Full-time Care Worker Meridian Health and Social Care · Carlisle · Full-time Care Worker Esteem · Stranraer · Full-time