Care home nurse jobs in Sheffield

Skills for Care recorded 400 filled registered nurse posts in Sheffield in 2024/25, out of 450 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Sheffield were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 9.3% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Sheffield.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 17,000 filled adult social care posts in Sheffield. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Sheffield ran at 48.2%. New starters were 34.8% of registered nurse posts in Sheffield over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Sheffield ranks 3rd 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 400 in Sheffield. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Sheffield workforce, the same release records 750 filled senior care worker posts, 225 filled registered manager posts and 9,100 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Sheffield was £20.10 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £38,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Sheffield only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Sheffield earn a median of £37,074 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Sheffield at £25,300, £11,774 below it.