Care home manager jobs in Buckinghamshire

Skills for Care recorded 225 filled registered manager posts in Buckinghamshire in 2024/25, out of 275 registered manager posts in total. Around 25 of those registered manager posts in Buckinghamshire were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 12.8% vacancy rate for the registered manager role in Buckinghamshire.

The registered manager role is 1.8% of the 12,500 filled adult social care posts in Buckinghamshire. Turnover in the registered manager role in Buckinghamshire ran at 18.4%. New starters were 29.3% of registered manager posts in Buckinghamshire over the year.

On filled registered manager posts, Buckinghamshire ranks 7th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered manager posts, against 225 in Buckinghamshire. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 125.

For the shape of the rest of the Buckinghamshire workforce, the same release records 50 filled deputy manager posts, 400 filled registered nurse posts and 600 filled senior care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Buckinghamshire was £20.99 an hour for the registered manager role and about £40,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Buckinghamshire only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Buckinghamshire earn a median of £40,365 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Buckinghamshire at £26,200, £14,165 below it.