Profession summary · Jobmundo analysis
Care workers and home carers demand is falling in Northern Ireland.
ONS recorded 278 new online adverts for care workers and home carers in Northern Ireland in Jul 2026. That is 8.6% lower than a year earlier. Advertised salary for the UK benchmark is £27,000.
Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation. ONS data is generally two months late.Care workers and home carers hiring demand
New online job adverts for care workers and home carers in Northern Ireland
New online job adverts have decreased since Jul 2025.
278
Jul 2026 · Northern Ireland
Median advertised salary
Annualised asking salary for care workers and home carers across the UK
Advertised pay is 3.8% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.
£27,000
May 2025 · UK
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% |
Northern Ireland compared with the UK
New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period
| # | Area | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Ireland | 278 | |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 17,016 |
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.