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Occupational therapist salary in the UK (2026)

What does a Occupational therapist earn?

What employers advertise across the UK.

£43,700 per year, median

the midpoint of 568 advertised salaries from 121 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026

about £3,600 a month

Low
£31,400
Median
£43,700
Average
£45,200
High
£58,000
Median Average
Low £31,400 High £58,000
The bar leaves out the highest and lowest tenth of advertised salaries; the darker section is the middle half.

Half of the adverts fall between £36,500 and £51,700. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.

How this figure was worked out

  • 568 advertised salaries, from 121 different employers.
  • Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
  • Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (474), an hourly rate (94). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
  • Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.

These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.

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Occupational Therapist Outcomes First Group · Rossendale · from 53k £/yrFull-time Occupational Therapist Outcomes First Group · Horsham · from 53k £/yrFull-time Occupational Therapist Outcomes First Group · Haslingden · Full-time Occupational Therapist - Band 7/8 SEN School (West London) Hays · Uxbridge · Full-time Paediatric Occupational Therapist Recruit by Nature · London · from 35k £/yrFull-time Occupational Therapist CV-Library · Great Baddow · Full-time Senior Occupational Therapist Princess Alice Hospice · Claygate · Part-time Occupational Therapist Exemplar Health Care · Burnley · Part-time Senior Occupational Therapist Elysium Healthcare · Leeds · Full-time Senior Occupational Therapist Princess Alice Hospice · Esher · Part-time Lead Occupational Therapist SJB Medical · Sheffield · Full-time Occupational Therapist The Priory Group · Royston · 31–38k £/yrFull-time Occupational Therapist The Priory Group · Nottingham · Part-time Specialist Occupational Therapist Elysium Healthcare · Potters Bar · from 45k £/yrFull-time Occupational Therapist (Part-time) DrPA Secure · Milton Keynes · Part-time Occupational Therapist (Part-time) DrPA Secure · Loughton · Part-time Occupational Therapist Exemplar Health Care · Wallasey · from 35k £/yrPart-time Occupational Therapist Leaders In Care Recruitment Ltd · Birmingham · 45–50k £/yrPart-time Senior Occupational Therapist Exemplar Health Care · Wallasey · Full-time Occupational Therapist Assistant Elysium Healthcare · Horley · from 26k £/yrFull-time