Occupation 4211 · Administrative and secretarial occupations
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.
Clinic coordinator · Clinic administrator · Medical administrator · Medical secretary · Secretary (medical practice)
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 51,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 53,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 59,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 2,700.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 6,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 62,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 2,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.
| Region | Measure | Hours | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 9,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 2,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 5,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 3,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 6,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 2,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 6,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 8,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 5,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 2,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 4,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 4211 : Medical secretaries | None | 4,800.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.
Company secretaries and administrators · Legal secretaries · Personal assistants and other secretaries · Receptionists · School secretaries · Typists and related keyboard occupations