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UK salary report · 2026

Nurse Practitioner Salary

Official ONS earnings for the UK, covering 114,000 jobs.

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Where this comes from →

Median salary

£41,392

gross, per year, all employees

Part-time work is common in this occupation, so the figure above sits 11.3% below the £46,069 median for people working full-time.

▲ 5.3% change on the previous year

Full-time only

£46,069

Part-time only

£30,165

Mean

£40,947

Jobs measured

114,000

What most nurse practitioners actually earn

Half of nurse practitioners earn between £30,945 and £50,139. Earning above £50,139 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

The full pay range

Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of nurse practitioners earn less than this.

10th
£23,126
20th
£28,962
25th
£30,945
30th
£33,024
40th
£37,572
50th
£41,392
60th
£45,330
70th
£48,689
75th
£50,139
80th
£52,809
90th
£58,540
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Nurse Practitioner salary by region

11 of 11 GB regions have a published figure for this occupation.

Region Median Mean
London £50,746 £48,116
West Midlands £42,256 £41,933
South West £42,091 £42,164
Yorkshire and The Humber £41,478 £40,854
North East £41,201 £41,418
North West £41,159 £39,798
South East £40,689 £41,257
Scotland £39,156 £39,822
East £37,763 £37,827
East Midlands £36,869 £39,103
Wales £31,244 £34,892

Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group
Nurse practitioners
SOC 2020 code
2234
Measure
Gross annual pay, all employees
Edition
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.

Nurse Practitioner salary FAQs

What is the average Nurse Practitioner salary in UK?

The median is £41,392 a year and the mean is £40,947, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; full-time employees alone have a median of £46,069 and part-time employees £30,165.

What is a good Nurse Practitioner salary?

Half of nurse practitioners earn between £30,945 and £50,139. Anything above £50,139 is in the top quarter for the role.

Is this figure official?

Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 114,000 jobs in this occupation.

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