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What is the average pharmacist salary in the UK?

April 28, 2016 By scp

One of the questions that pop up in the SCP inbox often is from people asking what the salary is for a specific job in the UK. We see these questions a lot and thought it might be a good idea to write about them and do a series of posts on some of the most popular UK jobs.

Today, we’re looking at the salary of a pharmacist.

According to the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA), a newly trained pharmacist can expect to earn around £34,000 a year. Assuming no other deductions, that works out to be £26,287.20 as a take home salary for a new pharmacist.

A level 1 pharmacist salary rises to somewhere between £34,400 and £51,600 before tax (£26,559.20 to £37,394.80 take home) and advanced pharmacist practitioners can earn up to £55,000 per year and take home £39,366.80.

The average pharmacist salary is £34,795 – although this can change depending on the employer. Sainsburys pharmacists start at around £27,000, Tesco around £32,000, with Boots and Lloyds paying up to around £45,000.

What about locum or community pharmacists?

Locum/community pharmacist salaries vary but they can typically expect a high hourly rate of around £22-25 an hour. Also, locums are often required to work at weekends and may be paid at 1.5 or 2 times the hourly rate depending on the employer.

According to Andy Harwood, partner at HPG Group, a Hertfordshire-based pharmacy recruitment and pharmacy sales business, the median annual salary for a community or locum pharmacist is around £45,000-50,000 a year.

Are you a pharmacist, or training to become one? Please let us know your thoughts on a pharmacists’ salary in the comments below!

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