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NHS Band Mapper
What Agenda for Change band would you start at? Pick your profession and experience to see your typical starting band and its 2026/27 salary range — from published NHS Employers figures.
What NHS Agenda for Change band would I start at?
Newly registered nurses and most allied health professionals typically start on NHS Agenda for Change Band 5, which pays £32,073–£39,043 a year in England for 2026/27 (excluding London weighting); newly registered hospital pharmacists usually start around Band 6 and healthcare assistants around Band 2. The employer sets the exact band for each post against the published national job profile. Source: NHS Employers, as of April 2026.
Map your band
The mapper covers Agenda for Change roles. Doctors and dentists are paid on separate scales — see the profession pages for those.
Choose your profession and experience to see your typical starting band and its 2026/27 salary range.
How the mapper works & sources
Salary ranges are taken verbatim from NHS Employers — Agenda for Change pay scales 2026/27 (annual, England, effective 1 April 2026, excluding High Cost Area Supplements). The band a person is mapped to reflects the band professionals with that registration and experience are typically appointed to — it is a typical range, not a guarantee. Agenda for Change banding is decided by the employer against the published national job profile for each post, and this tool does not commit any employer. Nothing is modelled or invented; every figure is a published NHS Employers value dated April 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What band is a newly qualified nurse?
Newly registered nurses and midwives typically start on Agenda for Change Band 5, which pays £32,073–£39,043 a year in England for 2026/27 (excluding High Cost Area Supplements). The employer confirms the band for each specific post.
Who decides my band?
The employer decides, by matching the post to the published Agenda for Change national job profile. The mapper shows the band people with your profession and experience are typically appointed to — it is a typical range, not a guarantee, and does not commit any employer.
Does this include London weighting?
No. The figures are the national England ranges and exclude High Cost Area Supplements (HCAS). If a post is in or around London, an inner, outer or fringe supplement is added on top.
What about doctors and dentists?
Doctors and dentists are not paid on Agenda for Change — they are on separate medical and dental scales set on DDRB advice (for example the foundation, specialty-training and consultant scales). See the doctor and dentist candidate-profile pages for those.
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