Care home nurse jobs in Hampshire

Skills for Care recorded 1,300 filled registered nurse posts in Hampshire in 2024/25, out of 1,500 registered nurse posts in total. Around 150 of those registered nurse posts in Hampshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is an 11% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Hampshire.

The registered nurse role is 3.2% of the 41,000 filled adult social care posts in Hampshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Hampshire ran at 35.2%. New starters were 37% of registered nurse posts in Hampshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Hampshire ranks 1st of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 1,300 in Hampshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Hampshire workforce, the same release records 2,300 filled senior care worker posts, 750 filled registered manager posts and 21,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Hampshire was £22.17 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,700 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Hampshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Hampshire earn a median of £39,324 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Hampshire at £25,700, £13,624 below it.