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Care workers and home carers demand is falling in Ceredigion.
ONS recorded 51 new online adverts for care workers and home carers in Ceredigion in Q4 2025. That is 21.5% lower than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in Ceredigion for the broader caring personal service occupations is £26,000.
Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.Care workers and home carers hiring demand
New online job adverts for care workers and home carers in Ceredigion
New online job adverts have decreased since Apr 2025.
51
Oct 2025 · Ceredigion
Median advertised salary
Annualised asking salary for caring personal service occupations in Ceredigion
Advertised pay is 4.0% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.
£26,000
Jan 2025 · Ceredigion
Skills in demand
Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation
| # | Skill | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthcare and Life Sciences | 83.1% | |
| 2 | Professional and Interpersonal Competencies | 76.8% | |
| 3 | Business Operations, Process and Program Management | 67.8% | |
| 4 | Personal Care and Wellness | 60.8% | |
| 5 | Healthcare Clinical Systems | 50.3% | |
| 6 | Recruitment, Payroll and Employee Performance | 34.6% | |
| 7 | Social Sciences | 31.7% | |
| 8 | Psychology and Behavioural Health | 31.1% | |
| 9 | Education and Training | 29.5% | |
| 10 | Hospitality and Culinary Arts | 27.9% |
Experience employers ask for
Typical minimum: 0.4 years · UK live adverts
| # | Minimum experience | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 years | 75.9% | |
| 2 | 1 years | 16.6% | |
| 3 | 2 years | 4.3% | |
| 4 | 3 years | 1.7% | |
| 5 | 4+ years | 1.5% |
Ceredigion compared with the UK
New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period
An aligned ONS comparison is unavailable for this location.
Where hiring is strongest
New online job adverts by local authority
| # | Location | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 3,441 | |
| 2 | Wiltshire | 542 | |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | 533 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | 523 | |
| 5 | Birmingham | 523 | |
| 6 | Leeds | 516 | |
| 7 | Somerset | 469 | |
| 8 | Buckinghamshire | 446 | |
| 9 | Dorset | 427 | |
| 10 | Nottingham | 399 |
Where advertised pay is highest
Broader occupation group: Caring personal service occupations
| # | Location | Annual salary | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | £32,900 | |
| 2 | Orkney Islands | £31,800 | |
| 3 | Eden | £29,000 | |
| 4 | Fermanagh and Omagh | £28,600 | |
| 5 | Cotswold | £28,500 | |
| 6 | Midlothian | £28,200 | |
| 7 | South Lakeland | £28,100 | |
| 8 | Tewkesbury | £28,100 | |
| 9 | Test Valley | £28,100 | |
| 10 | Perth and Kinross | £28,100 |
Explore related occupations
Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 613) across the UK
| # | View | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Care workers and home carersYou’re viewing this Home carer · Care aid · Home aid — 52.1% of group adverts | 17,016 | -4.4% | |
| 2 | Nursing auxiliaries and assistants Nursing assistant · Ward aide · Ward help — 23.1% of group adverts | 7,550 | -13.8% | |
| 3 | Senior care workers Senior care worker · Home leader · Team leader — 11.2% of group adverts | 3,642 | -5.6% | |
| 4 | Dental nurses Dental nurse · Dental assistant · Dental attendant — 6.0% of group adverts | 1,971 | -2.9% | |
| 5 | Houseparents and residential wardens Warden · Home matron · Home sister — 5.2% of group adverts | 1,697 | -10.3% | |
| 6 | Care escorts Escort · Bus escort · Pupil guide — 1.3% of group adverts | 426 | -11.1% | |
| 7 | Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants Mortuary assistant · Pall bearer · Funeral bearer — 1.1% of group adverts | 345 | -22.8% |
About the data
Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.
Methodology and metric definitions
New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.