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Psychologist salary in the UK (2026)

What does a Psychologist earn?

What employers advertise across the UK.

£57,600 per year, median

the midpoint of 160 advertised salaries from 60 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026

about £4,800 a month

Low
£41,600
Median
£57,600
Average
£59,000
High
£74,100
Median Average
Low £41,600 High £74,100
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 £53,200 and £65,000. “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

  • 160 advertised salaries, from 60 different employers.
  • Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
  • Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (153), an hourly rate (7). 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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Principal Psychologist Priory · Gosport · Registered Psychologist Appcast · Bristol · 39–47k £/yrPart-time Senior Psychologist National Health Service · Leeds · Aspiring Psychologist Academics · Islington · Full-time Aspiring Psychologist Academics Careers · Barking · Part-time Aspiring Psychologist Academics Careers · London · Full-time Aspiring Psychologist - Oxford Academics Careers · Oxford · Full-time Senior Forensic Psychologist - Psychology Services - YCS Psychology Services - HMYOI Wetherby (Ref: United Kingdom Government · York · Full-time Principal Psychologist Elysium Healthcare · Crawley · Full-time Consultant Psychologist - Inpatient CAMHS and EDU The Priory Group · Moss Nook · Full-time Psychologist The Priory Group · Elston · Part-time Principal Psychologist Elysium Healthcare · Horley · from 65k £/yrFull-time Work Psychologist DWP · Redcar · from 42k £/yrFull-time Aspiring Psychologist Academics · Barking · Full-time Clinical Associate Psychologist Elysium Healthcare · Leeds · from 40k £/yrFull-time Registered Psychologist Priory · Bristol · from 37k £/yr Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist National Health Service · Canterbury · Full-time Principal Psychologist National Health Service · Royston · Aspiring Psychologist Academics · London · 90–105 £/dayPart-time Psychologist The Priory Group · Preston · Part-time