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Healthcare Jobs: The Pay, Employers and Shifts to Target
Average listed pay reaches £35,325 at the top end across 200 healthcare roles, but only 2.5% are remote and night premiums are unproven.
Average listed healthcare pay reaches £35,325 at the top end. That is the number to focus on across this 200-role snapshot, but the spread tells you more than the average alone: the lower average is £31,676.39, a gap of £3,648.89. For qualified nurses, that difference is large enough to justify comparing employers rather than applying to the first vacancy you see.
The listings are concentrated in UK locations including Cardiff, Glasgow, Coventry, Plymouth, Edinburgh and Liverpool, so this data is not a South African vacancies snapshot. Treat it as a guide to the roles and employers represented here, then confirm salary, registration requirements and shift allowances on the original listing before applying.
Pay first: where the listed money is
As the chart shows, the average listed range runs from £31,676.39 to £35,325.28. That is useful for setting an application benchmark, but it does not prove that every employer pays the same amount or that night work attracts extra money. The data supplied does not identify salaries by employer, location or shift, so claims about who pays above average and whether nights carry a premium cannot be verified from this dataset.
That limitation matters. A “night” title appears in several listings, but no night-rate figure is provided. Do not assume a premium. Ask the hiring team for the base rate, unsocial-hours enhancement, overtime rules and whether the figure is hourly or annual before accepting an offer.
Five employers appear most often in the market snapshot
The leading employer names in the dataset are Lifeways, Creative Support, SCR Recruitment Services, Turning Point and Caretech. Their presence does not establish a salary ranking; it shows which names appear most prominently in the collected listings. Use the employer name as a starting point for checking vacancies, not as proof that one company pays more than another.
For Care Concern Group specifically, the supplied item data does not include a Care Concern Group vacancy. That means a responsible comparison cannot attach a salary, shift pattern or benefit claim to the employer. Check the company’s official careers information and compare any live role against the £31,676.39–£35,325.28 average range.
For source checking, start with the NHS Jobs website for public-sector healthcare vacancies and the Nursing and Midwifery Council registration guidance for UK nursing eligibility. The cards below link to the supplied job-board listings, where the full vacancy details should be verified.
Registered nursing roles: compare the route, not just the title
Registered Nurse appears repeatedly in the supplied items, with vacancies linked to Cardiff, Coventry, Plymouth and Edinburgh. That repetition makes nursing the clearest cluster in the sample. It also means applicants should compare location, rota and registration conditions carefully, because identical job titles can hide very different working patterns.
Registered Nurse
The Cardiff Registered Nurse listing is the cleanest benchmark in this group because it uses the standard role title and sits inside a dataset averaging £31,676.39 to £35,325.28. Salary details are not exposed in the supplied record, so check the original advert before treating it as an above-average role. Best for a registered nurse who can work in Cardiff and wants a conventional nursing vacancy rather than a specialist shift title.
Registered Nurse
Coventry gives applicants another standard Registered Nurse route, which makes it useful for comparing location rather than job title. The dataset does not reveal a Coventry pay figure, employer-specific benefits or rota details, so there is no evidence that it beats Cardiff on money. Best for a qualified nurse who can relocate or commute in the Midlands and wants to compare a second location before applying.
Registered Nurse
Plymouth adds a coastal location to the nursing comparison, but the supplied data gives no salary or shift allowance to offset possible relocation and travel costs. That makes the vacancy worth checking only after confirming the full package and rota. Best for a registered nurse already based near Plymouth who can avoid adding a long commute to the role.
Registered Nurse
The Edinburgh Registered Nurse vacancy broadens the location spread, yet the listing record still does not confirm pay above the £31,676.39 lower average. Compare registration expectations, housing costs and shift patterns before assuming a higher headline salary means better take-home pay. Best for a registered nurse targeting Edinburgh who wants a standard role and is prepared to check the local employment terms directly.
Bank Registered Nurse
Bank Registered Nurse changes the decision from location to control over availability. The supplied record does not state the bank rate, minimum hours or booking rules, so flexibility cannot be assumed just from the title. Best for an experienced nurse who wants to ask about individual shift selection and can manage variable income or hours.
The nursing cluster gives you the strongest route to the listed salary range, but it does not answer the most important practical questions by itself. Ask for the exact pay point, rota, registration support and travel expectations before comparing offers. The next group is smaller, but it shows where flexibility enters the dataset.
Night and support work: flexibility without a confirmed premium
Night Registered Nurse, Night Support Worker and Senior Support Worker listings appear in the supplied items. The job-type data records 14 part-time listings, 12 Full-time listings, 8 listings marked full_time, 5 contract listings, one temporary role, one internship and one role marked Full-time and Part-time. The labels are inconsistent, so do not add them together as a perfectly clean market split.
The practical signal is still useful: part-time work is the largest single label at 14 listings, while the two full-time labels together total 20. If you need regular income, filter for the exact full-time wording and confirm that the employer treats “Full-time and Part-time” as a genuine choice rather than a generic advert tag.
Night Registered Nurse
The Glasgow Night Registered Nurse listing is the clearest test of the night-shift question, but no premium or base salary is included in the supplied record. Ask for the unsocial-hours rate in writing; the title alone is not evidence of extra pay. Best for a registered nurse who can work overnight in Glasgow and values shift availability more than a confirmed salary advantage.
Senior Support Worker
Senior Support Worker in Taunton moves away from registered nursing and towards care leadership, but the data does not show whether the senior title brings a higher rate. The listing is linked to Exeter, so verify the actual workplace before planning your commute. Best for a support worker with senior-level experience who wants to ask about responsibility, rota stability and progression.
Night Support Worker
Night Support Worker in Weston-super-Mare is the most direct part-time night-work example in the supplied items, yet the record gives no hourly rate or night enhancement. That makes it a useful flexibility lead, not a proven high-pay pick. Best for a support worker who needs overnight hours in or near Weston-super-Mare and can confirm the rota before applying.
What the data cannot tell you about locations
The supplied items mention Cardiff, Glasgow, Coventry, Taunton, Letchworth Garden City, Torquay, Plymouth, Weston-super-Mare, Edinburgh and Liverpool. They do not provide vacancy counts by location, so naming a city as the biggest opportunity would be guesswork. The safest move is to search several nearby locations, then compare the number of live results and the salary attached to each.
Remote work is listed at 2.5% across the dataset. That is a small share, but healthcare roles vary widely, and the supplied titles are mostly hands-on care and nursing positions. Use remote filters only for administrative, triage or clinical-support roles where the advert explicitly confirms remote work; do not assume a healthcare title can be performed from home.
Bank Registered Nurse
The Liverpool Bank Registered Nurse vacancy is the strongest location-and-flexibility example left in the sample, but the listing still withholds the rate, minimum commitment and booking process from the supplied data. Compare it with fixed-rota roles before choosing it, especially if you need predictable monthly income. Best for a registered nurse in Liverpool who can work variable shifts and wants to investigate bank arrangements directly.
Your next move
Start with the pay benchmark: ask every employer how the offer compares with the £31,676.39 to £35,325.28 average range. Then check the details the dataset cannot confirm: exact location, registration requirements, night enhancement, guaranteed hours and travel time.
- Need predictable income? Prioritise clearly labelled full-time roles and ask for the contracted hours.
- Need flexibility? Compare the 14 part-time listings and bank roles, but confirm minimum shifts and rate before applying.
- Considering nights? Request the base rate and unsocial-hours premium in writing. The supplied data does not prove a night uplift.
- Targeting Care Concern Group? Use the employer’s official careers channel because no Care Concern Group vacancy appears in the supplied items.
- Applying from South Africa? Check UK registration, visa and right-to-work requirements before spending time on an application.
The best move is not simply chasing the highest average. It is matching the role type to your schedule, then checking whether the actual advert clears the pay benchmark. A registered nurse with UK eligibility should start with the standard nursing vacancies; a support worker needing nights should ask for the premium first; and anyone prioritising flexibility should inspect bank and part-time terms line by line.
