Social work assistant salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Social work assistant earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£30,000 per year, median
the midpoint of 72 advertised salaries from 39 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,500 a month
- Low
- £25,200
- Median
- £30,000
- Average
- £38,200
- High
- £61,900
Median
Average
Low £25,200
High £61,900
Half of the adverts fall between £26,000 and £53,900. “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
- 72 advertised salaries, from 39 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (58), a yearly figure (14). 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.
Open Social work assistant jobs
Care Assistant Support Worker
from 14 £/hr
SWRK 5807 - G2 Social Work Assistant - Care at Home Hamilton - 492456
21–21 £/hr
Care Assistant Support Worker
Senior Social Work Practitioner
Full-time
Care Assistant Support Worker
Senior Social Work Practitioner
SWRK 5774 - G2 Social Work Assistant - 491633
23–24 £/hr
Social Work Assistant - Early Intervention and Prevention, Pullar House, Perth - PKC14307
Senior Social Work Lead Practitioner
Social Work Lead Practitioner
Care Assistant/Support Worker
13–30 £/hr
Senior Social Work Lead Practitioner
Full-time
Senior Social Work Lead Practitioner
Senior Social Work Lead Practitioner
Full-time