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Medical lab scientist · United Kingdom

Medical lab scientist salary in the United Kingdom

Median £49,121 gross per year, full-time employees · 2026 provisional (tax year ending 5 April 2026) · Source

Median

£49,121

gross per year, full-time employees

Middle half

£38,621–£58,247

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

49,000

people in this job

Occupation: Biochemists and biomedical scientists (SOC 2020 2113). SOC 2020 has no code for biomedical scientists alone; 2113 "Biochemists and biomedical scientists" also counts biochemists working outside healthcare. NHS biomedical scientists are paid on Agenda for Change; the scale shows Bands 5 to 8a. ASHE annual pay covers full-time employees who have been in the same job for more than a year, for the tax year ending 5 April; the number of jobs is indicative only. Regional figures are by place of work (ASHE Table 15); ONS publishes no Northern Ireland or percentile figures at that level.

NHS Agenda for Change pay bands 2026/27 (England)

NHS Agenda for Change pay bands 2026/27 (England)
GradePay
Band 5
£34,592 after 2 years, top step after 4 years
£32,073–£39,043
Band 6
£42,170 after 2 years, top step after 5 years
£39,959–£48,117
Band 7
£51,932 after 2 years, top step after 5 years
£49,387–£56,515
Band 8a
£60,417 after 2 years, top step after 5 years
£57,528–£64,750

basic pay per year, full-time · 1 April 2026 · Source

By region

Medical lab scientist salary by region
#RegionMedianEmployed
1London£55,13510,000
2South East England£54,508–
3East of England£49,236–
4North West England£46,580–
5Scotland£45,529–
6Yorkshire and the Humber£43,066–

gross per year, full-time employees · 2026 provisional (tax year ending 5 April 2026) · Source

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