Care home manager jobs in Kent

Skills for Care recorded 800 filled registered manager posts in Kent in 2024/25, out of 900 registered manager posts in total. Around 100 of those registered manager posts in Kent were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 12% vacancy rate for the registered manager role in Kent.

The registered manager role is 1.8% of the 44,000 filled adult social care posts in Kent. Turnover in the registered manager role in Kent ran at 18%. New starters were 24.3% of registered manager posts in Kent over the year.

On filled registered manager posts, Kent ranks 1st of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered manager posts, against 800 in Kent. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 125.

For the shape of the rest of the Kent workforce, the same release records 250 filled deputy manager posts, 1,200 filled registered nurse posts and 2,500 filled senior care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Kent was £20.73 an hour for the registered manager role and about £39,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Kent only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Kent earn a median of £36,127 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Kent at £25,300, £10,827 below it.