Care home nurse jobs in Leicestershire

Skills for Care recorded 225 filled registered nurse posts in Leicestershire in 2024/25, out of 225 registered nurse posts in total. Around 10 of those registered nurse posts in Leicestershire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 5% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Leicestershire.

The registered nurse role is 1.3% of the 17,500 filled adult social care posts in Leicestershire. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Leicestershire ran at 22.6%. New starters were 17.1% of registered nurse posts in Leicestershire over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Leicestershire ranks 5th of the 10 East Midlands areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East Midlands sits at 212.5 filled registered nurse posts, against 225 in Leicestershire. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Leicestershire workforce, the same release records 1,000 filled senior care worker posts, 300 filled registered manager posts and 9,800 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Leicestershire was £20.78 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,000 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Leicestershire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Leicestershire earn a median of £36,208 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Leicestershire at £24,700, £11,508 below it.