Healthcare Assistant salary in the United Kingdom
£37,947
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £26,618 and £38,000
From 647 live healthcare assistant listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What healthcare assistants are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £26,618
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £27,540
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £38,000
- a quarter pay more
Healthcare Assistant salary by seniority
Median advertised pay at each level, with the middle half of adverts beside it. The step between levels is usually the number worth negotiating over.
How to read a healthcare assistant salary range
The middle half of healthcare assistant adverts sits between £26,618 and £38,000 — the top of that band is 1.4× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Brighton pays most for the role at £268,008 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for healthcare assistants
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for healthcare assistants
Live healthcare assistant roles
Occupational Therapy Assistant
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustHealthcare AssistantviaNHS JobsBromleyPermanent£30630.00 to £32346.00NewClinical Support Worker - Outpatients
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustHealthcare AssistantviaNHS JobsChesterPermanent£25760.00 to £27476.00NewSupport Worker Phone Line - Palliative End of Life Care
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustHealthcare AssistantviaNHS JobsPlymouthPermanent£25760.00 to £27476.00NewNursing Support Worker
Hywel Dda University Health BoardHealthcare AssistantviaNHS JobsSwanseaPermanent£26813.00 to £27890.00NewTherapy Clinical Decision Maker / Triage
Wye Valley NHS TrustHealthcare AssistantviaNHS JobsHerefordPermanent£39959.00 to £48117.00NewHealthCare Assistant
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation TrustHealthcare AssistantviaNHS JobsDorchesterPermanent£25760.00 to £27476.00NewHealthcare Assistant salary: common questions
- How much does a healthcare assistant earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised healthcare assistant salary is £27,540 a year, from 647 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £26,618 and £38,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a healthcare assistant?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £24,785 to £2,578,450. The middle half sits between £26,618 and £38,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay healthcare assistants the most?
- Brighton leads at £268,008 on average, against £37,947 across the whole sample. Canterbury follows at £70,000.
- What is a healthcare assistant salary per hour?
- About £19.46 an hour, or £145.95 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay healthcare assistants the most?
- From current listings, CHEC advertises the highest at £2,578,450 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out