Care home nurse jobs in Shropshire

Skills for Care recorded 325 filled registered nurse posts in Shropshire in 2024/25, out of 325 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 2.9% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Shropshire.

The registered nurse role is 2.8% of the 11,500 filled adult social care posts in Shropshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Shropshire ran at 21.3%. New starters were 37.2% of registered nurse posts in Shropshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Shropshire ranks 5th of the 14 West Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the West Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 325 in Shropshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Shropshire workforce, the same release records 700 filled senior care worker posts, 175 filled registered manager posts and 6,300 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Shropshire was £21.26 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Shropshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Shropshire earn a median of £34,232 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Shropshire at £25,300, £8,932 below it.