At a glance: How do locum rates vary across Great Britain?

Use C+D's interactive chart to compare locum pharmacists' average hourly rate across Great Britain over the last four years 

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C+D analysed the responses of 206 locum pharmacists to the Salary Survey 2023

Data collected by C+D’s annual Salary Survey in 2023 this week revealed that the average hourly rate for locums across Great Britain was £31.67 – down from £33.30 the previous year.

Click the play button on the interactive chart below to discover how the average locum rate in each local area has changed between 2020 and 2023, according to data from the Salary Survey.

Then scroll down to compare how much locum rates have decreased, as well as locums' ability to find work and rate dissatisfaction levels across regions in Great Britain.

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For this feature, C+D analysed the responses of 206 locum pharmacists. C+D did not have enough data from Northern Ireland for it to be statistically relevant, so data from the country is not included.

The C+D Salary Survey 2023 ran between October 27 2023 and January 8 2024 and was completed by a total of 1,261 pharmacists and pharmacy staff.

See all the coverage so far on the C+D Salary Survey hub.

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Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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