Adult Social Care Worker Pay Variation in England, 2026
by Carol Atkinson·Updated 3d ago
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Description
Research from 2026 explores variations in pay for adult social care workers in England. The study, authored by Carol Atkinson, combines statistical analysis from Skills for Care, a provider survey, and interviews with managers and workers. It investigates how local conditions, authority purchasing, and pay levels impact staff retention and care quality.
Use Cases
Analyzing regional pay disparities in social care based on local deprivation data mentioned in the description
Modeling the relationship between local authority procurement processes and worker compensation as described
Investigating the impact of pay variation on worker turnover and skill development as explored in the research
Strengths
Combines quantitative statistics, organizational surveys, and qualitative interviews for a multi-method approach.
Explicitly focuses on the under-researched link between pay, workforce stability, and care quality.
Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
The 3.9 MB size suggests the primary data is a report, not a raw dataset; analysis requires extraction.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative modeling.
Provenance
Source
Carol Atkinson via figshare
Collection Method
Research combining analysis of Skills for Care statistics, a survey of care providers, and interviews with managers and workers.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-02 16:10:40; freshness should be verified.
Geography
England
Primary files are in PDF and ZIP formats; data is likely embedded within research documents.