Health services and public health managers and directors: salary in the UK
About £47,430 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.1% on last year
£5,298 a month About £3,953 a month after tax 59 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £48,518 in 2021 to £63,574 in 2026 (+31%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £25,414 | £34,714 | £48,518 | £59,762 | x |
| 2022 | £30,476 | £38,098 | £49,717 | £62,290 | x |
| 2023 | £30,778 | £40,979 | £52,039 | £65,574 | x |
| 2024 | £34,215 | £44,626 | £55,609 | £67,091 | x |
| 2025 | £36,762 | £49,732 | £62,286 | £80,516 | x |
| 2026 | £37,821 | £49,265 | £63,574 | £87,288 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £63,574 a year and half earn more. That is 55% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £49,265 and £87,288; one in ten earns less than £37,821.
Ranked by median, it is number 17 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£76,386) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,953 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,801 in Scotland.
The median for men is £72,143 and for women £60,335, a gap of 16% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £37,821 | £3,152 |
| 20th | £46,921 | £3,910 |
| 25th (P25) | £49,265 | £4,105 |
| 30th | £52,608 | £4,384 |
| 40th | £57,712 | £4,809 |
| Median (50th) | £63,574 | £5,298 |
| 60th | £72,474 | £6,040 |
| 70th | £79,672 | £6,639 |
| 75th (P75) | £87,288 | £7,274 |
| 80th | £94,820 | £7,902 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £72,143 | £87,574 | 22 |
| Women | £60,335 | £69,561 | 37 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £47,430 | £3,953 |
| Scotland | £45,609 | £3,801 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £64,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 40 job titles to SOC 1171 Health services and public health managers and directors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Area hospital services manager
- Care manager
- Clinical director
- Clinical governance manager
- Clinical manager
- Clinical operations manager
- Clinical service manager
- Clinical services manager
- Clinical site manager
- Commissioner
- Commissioning manager
- Director of clinical services
- Director of nursing
- Director of nursing services
- District manager
- Head of nursing
- Health care manager
- Health screening manager
- Health service manager
- Healthcare manager
- Hospital director
- Hospital service manager
- Hotel services manager
- Information manager
- Limb services manager
- Locality manager
- Manager
- Medical director
- Non-executive director
- Nursing director
- Operations director
- Operations manager
- Postgraduate centre manager
- Public health manager
- Sector manager
- Service manager
- Superintendent
- Support manager
- Unit general manager
- Vaccination manager
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.