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# Working as a physician in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 4,518 EUR/month (gross, 2025). Physician is a regulated profession in the United Kingdom. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 4,518 EUR/month (gross, 2025)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; Doctor in Basic Medicine; Doctor in basic and specialised medicine both listed in Annex V; Doctor in Basic medicine and General medical practice; For the cited international full-registration route, an overseas graduate who meets eligibility completes PLAB 1 and PLAB 2, internship and GMC Online evidence checks; GMC has other routes for other qualifications/experience.
- Recognition authority: General Medical Council (GMC) for medical-practitioner registration in the UK.
- Language requirement: GMC requires international doctors applying for registration with a licence to practise to demonstrate adequate English. Its current guide accepts route-specific evidence including IELTS, OET, qualification, employer references and other evidence; a single CEFR level does not describe every route.

## Sources

JSON list[].id=656741; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=15&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
The official register names registered nurses, midwives and nursing associates under the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Frozen ISCO codes span registered nursing/midwifery and associate groups; registration scope and national remit vary by exact title. — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/professions-regulated-by-law-in-the-uk-and-their-regulators/uk-regulated-professions-and-their-regulators
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in the United Kingdom: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 707c3c8b9606b45716bcd3c12689c58d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/united-kingdom/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_physician-in-the-united-kingdom-salary-and-recognition_60ed26b1cada,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Physician in the United Kingdom: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {707c3c8b9606b45716bcd3c12689c58d},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/united-kingdom/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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