Care home nurse jobs in Wiltshire

Skills for Care recorded 400 filled registered nurse posts in Wiltshire in 2024/25, out of 425 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Wiltshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 6.4% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Wiltshire.

The registered nurse role is 2.9% of the 14,000 filled adult social care posts in Wiltshire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Wiltshire ran at 42.8%. New starters were 40.1% of registered nurse posts in Wiltshire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Wiltshire ranks 4th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 287.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 400 in Wiltshire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Wiltshire workforce, the same release records 900 filled senior care worker posts, 275 filled registered manager posts and 8,100 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Wiltshire was £22.21 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 Wiltshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Wiltshire earn a median of £36,370 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Wiltshire at £26,100, £10,270 below it.