Care home nurse jobs in Essex

Skills for Care recorded 750 filled registered nurse posts in Essex in 2024/25, out of 750 registered nurse posts in total. Around 25 of those registered nurse posts in Essex were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 4.7% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Essex.

The registered nurse role is 2% of the 38,000 filled adult social care posts in Essex. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Essex ran at 20.9%. New starters were 32.5% of registered nurse posts in Essex over the year.

On filled registered nurse 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 nurse posts, against 750 in Essex. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Essex workforce, the same release records 2,100 filled senior care worker posts, 750 filled registered manager posts and 21,000 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Essex was £20.84 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £40,100 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.