Deputy care home manager jobs in Southampton

Skills for Care recorded 50 filled deputy manager posts in Southampton in 2024/25, out of 50 deputy manager posts in total. That is a 2.4% vacancy rate for the deputy manager role in Southampton.

The deputy manager role is 0.8% of the 6,100 filled adult social care posts in Southampton. Turnover in the deputy manager role in Southampton ran at 7.5%. New starters were 11.5% of deputy manager posts in Southampton over the year.

On filled deputy manager posts, Southampton ranks 8th 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 50 in Southampton. Across the 145 published England areas the middle is 25.

For the shape of the rest of the Southampton workforce, the same release records 125 filled registered manager posts, 350 filled senior care worker posts and 3,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Southampton was £14.89 an hour for the deputy manager role and about £28,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Southampton only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Southampton earn a median of £39,464 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Southampton at £26,200, £13,264 below it.