Care home nurse jobs in Wigan

Skills for Care recorded 225 filled registered nurse posts in Wigan in 2024/25, out of 225 registered nurse posts in total. That is a 0.8% vacancy rate for the registered nurse role in Wigan.

The registered nurse role is 2.4% of the 9,400 filled adult social care posts in Wigan. Turnover in the registered nurse role in Wigan ran at 33%. New starters were 29.2% of registered nurse posts in Wigan over the year.

On filled registered nurse posts, Wigan ranks 8th of the 24 North West areas that Skills for Care publishes. The middle of the North West sits at 150 filled registered nurse posts, against 225 in Wigan. Across the 152 published England areas the middle is 150.

For the shape of the rest of the Wigan workforce, the same release records 425 filled senior care worker posts, 100 filled registered manager posts and 4,400 filled care worker posts.

Reported median pay in Wigan was £20.71 an hour for the registered nurse role and about £39,800 a year full time. Skills for Care collects that from local authority and independent sector employers in Wigan only, so it leaves out people employed directly by someone receiving a direct payment.

Full-time workers in Wigan earn a median of £33,669 a year, counting every occupation in the area together. Skills for Care puts full-time adult social care pay in Wigan at £26,000, £7,669 below it.