Care home manager jobs in Somerset

Skills for Care recorded 275 filled registered manager posts in Somerset in 2024/25, out of 300 registered manager posts in total. Around 25 of those registered manager posts in Somerset were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 10.1% vacancy rate for the registered manager role in Somerset.

The registered manager role is 1.5% of the 18,000 filled adult social care posts in Somerset. Turnover in the registered manager role in Somerset ran at 17%. New starters were 27.9% of registered manager posts in Somerset over the year.

On filled registered manager posts, Somerset ranks 4th of the 14 South West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South West sits at 175 filled registered manager posts, against 275 in Somerset. Across the 151 published England areas the middle is 125.

For the shape of the rest of the Somerset workforce, the same release records 75 filled deputy manager posts, 500 filled registered nurse posts and 1,100 filled senior care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Somerset was £22.23 an hour for the registered manager role and about £42,800 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Somerset only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Somerset earn a median of £35,440 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Somerset at £25,400, £10,040 below it.