Care home nurse jobs in Bradford

Skills for Care recorded 275 filled registered nurse posts in Bradford in 2024/25, out of 300 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Bradford were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5.6% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Bradford.

The registered nurse role is 1.7% of the 16,500 filled adult social care posts in Bradford. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Bradford ran at 50.4%. New starters were 45.3% of registered nurse posts in Bradford over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Bradford ranks 4th of the 15 Yorkshire and The Humber areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of Yorkshire and The Humber sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 275 in Bradford. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Bradford workforce, the same release records 900 filled senior care worker posts, 200 filled registered manager posts and 8,100 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Bradford was £21.75 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Bradford only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Bradford earn a median of £35,213 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Bradford at £25,400, £9,813 below it.