Care home nurse jobs in Cumberland

Skills for Care recorded 150 filled registered nurse posts in Cumberland in 2024/25, out of 175 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Cumberland were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 8.5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Cumberland.

The registered nurse role is 2% of the 7,600 filled adult social care posts in Cumberland. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Cumberland ran at 36.6%. New starters were 36.3% of registered nurse posts in Cumberland over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Cumberland ranks 12th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 150 in Cumberland. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Cumberland workforce, the same release records 350 filled senior care worker posts, 125 filled registered manager posts and 3,400 filled care worker posts.

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

Full-time workers in Cumberland earn a median of £42,808 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Cumberland at £25,800, £17,008 below it.