Deputy care home manager jobs in Kent

Skills for Care recorded 250 filled deputy manager posts in Kent in 2024/25, out of 250 deputy manager posts in total. That is a 2.7% vacancy rate for the deputy manager role in Kent.

The deputy manager role is 0.6% of the 44,000 filled adult social care posts in Kent. Turnover in the deputy manager role in Kent ran at 7.1%. New starters were 12.3% of deputy manager posts in Kent over the year.

On filled deputy manager posts, Kent ranks 3rd of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 25 filled deputy manager posts, against 250 in Kent. Across the 145 published England areas the middle is 25.

For the shape of the rest of the Kent workforce, the same release records 800 filled registered manager posts, 2,500 filled senior care worker posts and 23,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Kent was £15.79 an hour for the deputy manager role and about £30,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Kent only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Kent earn a median of £36,127 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Kent at £25,300, £10,827 below it.