Care home nurse jobs in Birmingham

Skills for Care recorded 700 filled registered nurse posts in Birmingham in 2024/25, out of 750 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Birmingham were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 2.7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Birmingham.

The registered nurse role is 2.1% of the 33,000 filled adult social care posts in Birmingham. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Birmingham ran at 39.3%. New starters were 50.3% of registered nurse posts in Birmingham over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Birmingham ranks 1st 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 700 in Birmingham. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Birmingham workforce, the same release records 1,500 filled senior care worker posts, 550 filled registered manager posts and 18,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Birmingham was £21.01 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Birmingham only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Birmingham earn a median of £38,556 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Birmingham at £24,700, £13,856 below it.