Medical secretaries roles in the UK earn a median of £22,672 per year, equivalent to £13.43 per hour as of 2024. This represents a 4.6% increase in annual pay compared to the previous year. Pay varies across the UK, ranging from £17,286 to £35,599 per year.
Median Annual Pay
£22,672
as of 2024
Median Hourly Pay
£13.43
per hour
Year-on-Year Change
+4.6%
vs 2023
Annual Pay Range
£15,831 – £31,099
25th – 75th percentile
Each bar shows how many areas of the UK have a median annual pay in that range for Medical secretaries roles. The dashed line marks the national median.
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Medical secretaries deal with correspondence, make appointments and handle patients’ queries file and maintain medical and other records transcribe notes and dictation and perform other clerical tasks in hospitals/surgeries and other medical establishments.
Entrants require GCSEs/S grades or an Intermediate GNVQ/GSVQ level II. Professional qualifications as a medical secretary are available entrants take a one year full-time or two year part-time diploma in medical secretarial studies. NVQs/SVQs in Administration are available at levels 2, 3 and 4.
Salary data is sourced from official UK pay datasets and updated periodically.