Care home manager jobs in Essex

Skills for Care recorded 750 filled registered manager posts in Essex in 2024/25, out of 850 registered manager posts in total. Around 100 of those registered manager posts in Essex were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 10.4% vacancy rate for the registered manager role in Essex.

The registered manager role is 2% of the 38,000 filled adult social care posts in Essex. Turnover in the registered manager role in Essex ran at 16.6%. New starters were 26.9% of registered manager posts in Essex over the year.

On filled registered manager posts, Essex ranks 1st of the 11 East of England areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the East of England sits at 150 filled registered manager posts, against 750 in Essex. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 125.

For the shape of the rest of the Essex workforce, the same release records 200 filled deputy manager posts, 750 filled registered nurse posts and 2,100 filled senior care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Essex was £20.01 an hour for the registered manager role and about £38,500 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Essex only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Essex earn a median of £38,098 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Essex at £25,300, £12,798 below it.