Care home nurse jobs in Southampton

Skills for Care recorded 100 filled registered nurse posts in Southampton in 2024/25, out of 125 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 6.1% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Southampton.

The registered nurse role is 1.6% of the 6,100 filled adult social care posts in Southampton. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Southampton ran at 16.4%. New starters were 26.4% of registered nurse posts in Southampton over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Southampton ranks 13th 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 100 in Southampton. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

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

Reported median pay in Southampton was £23.58 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £45,400 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.