Care home nurse jobs in Manchester

Skills for Care recorded 225 filled registered nurse posts in Manchester in 2024/25, out of 225 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Manchester were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Manchester.

The registered nurse role is 1.9% of the 12,000 filled adult social care posts in Manchester. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Manchester ran at 14.8%. New starters were 31.8% of registered nurse posts in Manchester over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Manchester ranks 7th 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 225 in Manchester. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Manchester workforce, the same release records 500 filled senior care worker posts, 175 filled registered manager posts and 6,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Manchester was £21.09 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Manchester only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Manchester earn a median of £40,479 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Manchester at £26,500, £13,979 below it.