Verifera NHS Pay & Healthcare Salary Index — July 2026

Name: Verifera NHS Pay & Healthcare Salary Index
Creator: Verifera

Data: Verifera live posting snapshot, July 2026 (3457 live postings, 885 carrying an annual salary and region). Sample floor: n ≥ 5 per cell. Analyst: Sizar Doski, Founder.

1. NHS Agenda for Change baseline (England, 2026/27)

Role	AfC banding	AfC annual range (England)
Healthcare Assistant (HCA)	Bands 2–3	£25,272–£27,476
Registered Nurse	Bands 5–6	£32,073–£48,117
Mental Health Nurse (RMN)	Bands 5–6	£32,073–£48,117
Midwife	Bands 5–7	£32,073–£56,515
ICU / Critical Care Nurse	Bands 6–7	£39,959–£56,515
Diagnostic Radiographer	Bands 5–7	£32,073–£56,515
Physiotherapist	Bands 5–7	£32,073–£56,515
Pharmacist	Bands 6–7	£39,959–£56,515
Locum GP	n/a — not an AfC role	—

Advanced/consultant posts reach Band 8a+ — not shown (8a figure not yet verified).
GPs are not on Agenda for Change (GMS/sessional contracts) — no AfC baseline.
England rates. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate AfC settlements with different values — the AfC column is therefore a national England baseline, not a per-region figure.
Source: NHS Employers — Pay scales for 2026/27 · NHS Terms and Conditions 2026 (AfC) — official pay-scales PDF (effective 2026-04-01).

2. Advertised market rates by region

Advertised-salary percentiles from live Verifera postings. Every figure shows its sample size n; cells with n < 5 are suppressed, not estimated.

London

Role	p25	Median	p75	n
Healthcare Assistant (HCA)	£27,926	£29,149	£31,429	8
Registered Nurse	£44,516	£49,830	£52,135	10
Mental Health Nurse (RMN)	£46,301	£47,533	£50,104	5
Midwife	£47,550	£62,889	£64,272	9
ICU / Critical Care Nurse	—	—	—	0 — suppressed (n < 5)
Diagnostic Radiographer	£48,255	£55,702	£59,280	9
Physiotherapist	£46,777	£52,436	£71,427	15
Pharmacist	£30,000	£30,073	£37,042	5
Locum GP	—	—	—	4 — suppressed (n < 5)

South East

Role	p25	Median	p75	n
Healthcare Assistant (HCA)	£26,900	£31,715	£35,277	54
Registered Nurse	£46,724	£51,657	£62,791	36
Mental Health Nurse (RMN)	£35,375	£37,500	£43,680	13
Midwife	—	—	—	4 — suppressed (n < 5)
ICU / Critical Care Nurse	—	—	—	0 — suppressed (n < 5)
Diagnostic Radiographer	£40,019	£41,668	£45,000	17
Physiotherapist	£36,500	£45,989	£50,540	22
Pharmacist	£25,137	£29,275	£49,559	26
Locum GP	—	—	—	2 — suppressed (n < 5)

Midlands

Role	p25	Median	p75	n
Healthcare Assistant (HCA)	£26,780	£31,636	£33,670	25
Registered Nurse	£40,629	£48,299	£50,999	9
Mental Health Nurse (RMN)	£48,035	£53,680	£58,240	6
Midwife	—	—	—	4 — suppressed (n < 5)
ICU / Critical Care Nurse	—	—	—	1 — suppressed (n < 5)
Diagnostic Radiographer	£39,197	£51,753	£68,380	10
Physiotherapist	£43,019	£49,920	£57,970	7
Pharmacist	£26,213	£33,886	£53,413	12
Locum GP	£62,776	£169,520	£169,520	15

North West

Role	p25	Median	p75	n
Healthcare Assistant (HCA)	£26,972	£28,641	£33,670	24
Registered Nurse	£45,990	£47,174	£48,847	14
Mental Health Nurse (RMN)	£42,023	£47,320	£55,770	19
Midwife	£60,510	£61,573	£65,112	8
ICU / Critical Care Nurse	—	—	—	0 — suppressed (n < 5)
Diagnostic Radiographer	—	—	—	4 — suppressed (n < 5)
Physiotherapist	£38,348	£44,038	£141,000	15
Pharmacist	£23,864	£25,681	£29,192	13
Locum GP	£51,186	£171,600	£187,200	7

Yorkshire

Role	p25	Median	p75	n
Healthcare Assistant (HCA)	£28,516	£31,611	£33,670	20
Registered Nurse	£41,721	£44,318	£48,646	22
Mental Health Nurse (RMN)	—	—	—	2 — suppressed (n < 5)
Midwife	£45,852	£56,019	£61,987	6
ICU / Critical Care Nurse	—	—	—	1 — suppressed (n < 5)
Diagnostic Radiographer	£43,388	£54,080	£55,702	5
Physiotherapist	£36,951	£42,534	£50,723	10
Pharmacist	£24,750	£26,738	£27,336	7
Locum GP	—	—	—	2 — suppressed (n < 5)

Scotland

Role	p25	Median	p75	n
Healthcare Assistant (HCA)	£33,670	£33,670	£33,670	5
Registered Nurse	£44,434	£45,344	£47,736	10
Mental Health Nurse (RMN)	—	—	—	4 — suppressed (n < 5)
Midwife	—	—	—	1 — suppressed (n < 5)
ICU / Critical Care Nurse	—	—	—	1 — suppressed (n < 5)
Diagnostic Radiographer	£59,280	£67,600	£68,640	5
Physiotherapist	£44,000	£46,250	£50,538	5
Pharmacist	£23,937	£26,776	£28,905	20
Locum GP	—	—	—	0 — suppressed (n < 5)

3. Month-on-month movers

Registered Nurse — Yorkshire: median £34,470 → £44,318 (▲ +28.6%)

Notes

Methodology, floors and revision policy: https://verifera.co.uk/methodology/
Curated editorial salary ranges (our salary guides) are excluded from every market figure above — only live advertised postings count toward n.
Press contact: Sizar Doski · [email protected]

Generated 2026-07-31 17:24 UTC by bin/salary-index.py · cadence: monthly — first Tuesday of each month.

Methodology, sample floors and revision policy

Verifera NHS Pay & Healthcare Salary Index