Specialist medical practitioners salary in the UK
The median full-time salary for specialist medical practitioners in the UK is £92,847 (ONS, 2025). After tax and National Insurance at 2026/27 rates that is about £5,367 a month.
Pay range for specialist medical practitioners
This is the ONS occupation group "Specialist medical practitioners" (SOC 2020 code 2212). ONS figures for 2025 show that one in ten earn less than £49,574, a quarter earn less than £67,335, half earn less than £92,847, a quarter earn more than £136,100 and one in ten earn more than £168,980.
| Point in the pay range | Gross a year | Gross a month | Take-home a year | Take-home a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £49,574 | £4,131 | £39,213 | £3,268 |
| 25th percentile | £67,335 | £5,611 | £49,612 | £4,134 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £92,847 | £7,737 | £64,409 | £5,367 |
| 75th percentile | £136,100 | £11,342 | £83,919 | £6,993 |
| 90th percentile | £168,980 | £14,082 | £101,346 | £8,445 |
Take-home at England, Wales and Northern Ireland rates. ONS rates the median for specialist medical practitioners as precise: its sampling error (coefficient of variation) is 4.8%. ONS estimates about 142,000 full-time employee jobs in this occupation. ONS says job counts like this are indicative only.
Where specialist medical practitioners rank
The median for specialist medical practitioners ranks 3rd of 362 occupations on this site, in the top quarter, and 1st of 91 in professional occupations. It is £53,808 (137.8%) higher than the UK median of £39,039 for all full-time employee jobs. ONS change on the previous year: the median for specialist medical practitioners rose 22.0%, more than the 4.3% rise in the UK median for all full-time jobs. Only 7 of 358 occupations had a change this large in either direction. ONS figures for one occupation come from a sample, so they can move a lot from one year to the next.
Jobs with the nearest medians: Chief executives and senior officials (£99,944), Marketing, sales and advertising directors (£94,135), Information technology directors (£91,671), Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport (£83,447) and Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers (£82,746).
How spread out pay is
The 90th percentile (£168,980) is 3.4 times the 10th (£49,574). That is a wider spread than for all UK full-time jobs, where it is 3.2 times. The middle half of full-time specialist medical practitioners earn between £67,335 and £136,100, a gap of £68,765, or 74.1% of the median. That is £44,018 wider than the £24,747 gap for all UK jobs, and the 4th widest of the 223 jobs where ONS published both figures, one of the wider middle ranges.
The mean for specialist medical practitioners (total pay divided by the number of employees) is £103,044, which is £10,197 (11.0%) higher than the median. When the mean is above the median, a smaller number of higher salaries are pulling the average up. For all UK full-time jobs the mean is 24.3% above the median, so the gap for specialist medical practitioners is smaller.
Specialist medical practitioners and related jobs
Among these 4 jobs in the same or nearby ONS occupation groups, this one has the highest median. The highest median among them is £92,847 (specialist medical practitioners) and the lowest £43,532 (physiotherapists).
| Job | SOC code | Median salary | Take-home a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialist medical practitioners | 2212 | £92,847 | £5,367 |
| Generalist medical practitioners | 2211 | £55,494 | £3,562 |
| Occupational therapists | 2222 | £44,040 | £2,936 |
| Physiotherapists | 2221 | £43,532 | £2,905 |
Take-home pay against all jobs
At the median, specialist medical practitioners take home about £5,367 a month, against £2,636 on the UK median for all jobs. Scotland has its own income tax bands, so take-home pay on the same salary is different there.
| Group | Median a year | Take-home a month | Take-home a month in Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialist medical practitioners | £92,847 | £5,367 | £5,122 |
| All full-time employee jobs, UK | £39,039 | £2,636 | £2,631 |
Related pages
All jobs in the Professional occupations table, average salary by area, the take home pay calculator, salary to hourly calculator and pay rise calculator. For NHS doctors in England, the doctors' pay calculator shows resident doctor and consultant pay.
How this is worked out
Pay: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), 2025 provisional, SOC 2020 unit group 2212. Take-home: 2026/27 rates, tax code 1257L, no pension or student loan. How to read these figures.
Sources
- ASHE Table 14: earnings by occupation (4-digit SOC), 2025 provisional (ONS)
- ASHE Table 7: earnings by place of work, local authority, 2025 provisional (ONS)
- SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups (ONS)
- Income Tax rates and Personal Allowances (GOV.UK)
- Scottish Income Tax (GOV.UK)
- National Insurance: how much you pay (GOV.UK)
Figures checked on 12 October 2026. ONS plans to publish its next ASHE figures on 22 October 2026. Read how we calculate or tell us about a mistake.
Frequently asked questions
On the median full-time salary of £92,847, take-home pay is about £5,367 a month (£64,409 a year) after 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance, with tax code 1257L and no pension or student loan. In Scotland, where income tax is different, it is about £5,122 a month.
ONS figures for full-time jobs (2025) show that one in ten earn less than £49,574, a quarter earn less than £67,335, half earn less than £92,847, a quarter earn more than £136,100 and one in ten earn more than £168,980.
Yes. The median for specialist medical practitioners is £92,847, which is £53,808 (137.8%) higher than the UK median of £39,039 for all full-time employee jobs (ONS, 2025). It ranks 3rd of 362 occupations on this site.