Care home nurse jobs in Surrey

Skills for Care recorded 1,100 filled registered nurse posts in Surrey in 2024/25, out of 1,200 registered nurse posts in total. Around 125 of those registered nurse posts in Surrey were vacant when the data was collected. That is a 12.1% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Surrey.

The registered nurse role is 3.2% of the 34,000 filled adult social care posts in Surrey. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Surrey ran at 43.4%. New starters were 42.6% of registered nurse posts in Surrey over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Surrey ranks 3rd 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 1,100 in Surrey. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Surrey workforce, the same release records 2,000 filled senior care worker posts, 600 filled registered manager posts and 17,500 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Surrey was £22.54 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £43,400 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Surrey only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Surrey earn a median of £42,500 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Surrey at £26,700, £15,800 below it.