Deputy care home manager jobs in Somerset

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled deputy manager posts in Somerset in 2024/25, out of 75 deputy manager posts in total. That is a 1.2% vacancy rate for the deputy manager role in Somerset.

The deputy manager role is 0.4% of the 18,000 filled adult social care posts in Somerset. Turnover in the deputy manager role in Somerset ran at 8.4%. New starters were 12.6% of deputy manager posts in Somerset over the year.

On filled deputy manager posts, Somerset ranks 5th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 50 filled deputy manager posts, against 75 in Somerset. Across the 145 published England areas the middle is 25.

For the shape of the rest of the Somerset workforce, the same release records 275 filled registered manager posts, 1,100 filled senior care worker posts and 9,200 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Somerset was £16.06 an hour for the deputy manager role and about £30,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Somerset only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Somerset earn a median of £35,440 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Somerset at £25,400, £10,040 below it.