Care home manager jobs in Dorset

Skills for Care recorded 175 filled registered manager posts in Dorset in 2024/25, out of 200 registered manager posts in total. Around 25 of those registered manager posts in Dorset were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 13.1% vacancy rate for the registered manager role in Dorset.

The registered manager role is 1.7% of the 10,500 filled adult social care posts in Dorset. Turnover in the registered manager role in Dorset ran at 18.6%. New starters were 24.4% of registered manager posts in Dorset over the year.

On filled registered manager posts, Dorset ranks 8th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 175 filled registered manager posts, against 175 in Dorset. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 125.

For the shape of the rest of the Dorset workforce, the same release records 50 filled deputy manager posts, 250 filled registered nurse posts and 700 filled senior care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Dorset was £19.24 an hour for the registered manager role and about £37,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Dorset only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Dorset earn a median of £35,311 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Dorset at £25,800, £9,511 below it.