Care home nurse jobs in Croydon

Skills for Care recorded 325 filled registered nurse posts in Croydon in 2024/25, out of 325 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Croydon were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 4% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Croydon.

The registered nurse role is 2.8% of the 11,500 filled adult social care posts in Croydon. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Croydon ran at 29.6%. New starters were 30.1% of registered nurse posts in Croydon over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Croydon ranks 1st of the 33 London areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of London sits at 100 filled registered nurse posts, against 325 in Croydon. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Croydon workforce, the same release records 600 filled senior care worker posts, 275 filled registered manager posts and 6,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Croydon was £21.83 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Croydon only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Croydon earn a median of £40,033 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Croydon at £26,600, £13,433 below it.