Publication calendar

Find out about our upcoming reports, including when they will be published and what is included.

The Skills for Care Workforce Intelligence team produce reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Each of these can be found on our report and visualisation pages. See below the schedule for future reports over the next 12 months.

Download our publication release schedule 

Trackers

  • Filled posts
    Update: Monthly - by 15th of the month
    Note: These estimates are statistics in development and may differ from other Skills for Care publications.
  • Recruitment and retention
    Update: Monthly - by 15th of the month
    Note: Tracker will be paused in April and May to allow for increased data collection at the start of the new reporting period (1 April to 31 March).
  • ICB recruitment and retention
    Update: Quarterly (Q1 April, Q2 July, Q3 October, Q4 January)
  • International recruitment
    Update: Quarterly (Q1 April, Q2 July, Q3 October, Q4 January)
    Note: The international recruitment tracker is published after quarterly Home Office figures are released. If these are delayed, this tracker will be delayed accordingly.

Annual reports

October 2025

The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, 2025

  • Written report and data visualisation
  • National summary reports for domiciliary care, care homes with nursing and care homes without nursing
  • Workforce estimates (statistical appendix) Excel file
  • Data download Excel files (current year at regional and local levels)
  • Regional information including data visualisations and summary reports
  • Local information including data visualisations and summary reports
  • Registered managers data visualisation
  • Nurses in social care data visualisation
  • Workforce nationality and international recruitment data visualisation
  • Factors affecting turnover data visualisation
  • Analysis of mental health and learning disabilities and/or autism workforce information:
  • National information data visualisation
  • by ICB area data visualisation

2026

February 2026

Apprenticeships, 2026

  • Written report and data visualisation

The workforce employed by adult social services departments in England, 2026

  • Written report and data visualisation
  • Reference tables Excel file

Social worker headline, 2026

  • Written report and data visualisation

Occupational therapists, 2026

  • Data visualisation

 

March 2026

Pay in the adult social care sector, December 2025

  • Written report and data visualisation

 

April 2026

Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), 2026

  • Written report and data visualisation

Individual employers and personal assistants, 2026

  • Written report and data visualisation


June 2026

The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England

  • Written report and data visualisation
  • Trended data download Excel file – key variables from 2016/17 to current year

Pending publications

Social work education (2022/23 and 2023/24)
Update: pending

  • Written report and data visualisation

Note: Data required for this report is from the Higher Education Statistics Authority. The release of data for 2022/23 and 2023/24 was delayed and thorough data investigation is taking place prior to publishing the next report. Once concluded a publication date for a report covering both years will be announced.

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