Care home nurse jobs in Portsmouth

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled registered nurse posts in Portsmouth in 2024/25, out of 100 registered nurse posts in total. That is an 11.9% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Portsmouth.

The registered nurse role is 1.6% of the 4,800 filled adult social care posts in Portsmouth. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Portsmouth ran at 39.6%. New starters were 10.7% of registered nurse posts in Portsmouth over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Portsmouth ranks 15th 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 75 in Portsmouth. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Portsmouth workforce, the same release records 200 filled senior care worker posts, 75 filled registered manager posts and 2,600 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Portsmouth was £21.60 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £41,600 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Portsmouth only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Portsmouth earn a median of £38,815 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Portsmouth at £26,000, £12,815 below it.