Care home nurse jobs in Reading

Skills for Care recorded 75 filled registered nurse posts in Reading in 2024/25, out of 75 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.6% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Reading.

The registered nurse role is 1.8% of the 4,200 filled adult social care posts in Reading. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Reading ran at 30.9%. New starters were 34.6% of registered nurse posts in Reading over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Reading ranks 16th of the 19 South East areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the South East sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 75 in Reading. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Reading workforce, the same release records 200 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled registered manager posts and 2,400 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Reading was £22.31 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £42,900 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Reading only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Reading earn a median of £49,062 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Reading at £26,200, £22,862 below it.