Optical Salary and Attitudes survey 2024

We are collating responses from all Optometry professionals to bring together the data and perspectives of everyone who has a voice and an opinion, and we will be sharing and collating our findings in the coming months.

We understand how important it is to get an independent view of the salaries and attitudes of people working in the Optometry sector. We aim to shed some transparency on the Optical workplace, the regional differences in salaries and the attitudes of working in Optical environments in 2024. ALL RESULTS ARE ANONYMOUS

HAVE YOUR SAY...

We will be sending full and comprehensive survey results to you for taking part in this survey. Please detail the email address where you would like the results to be sent to.
(If you cover more than one practice you can enter more than one postcode. If you work across an entire region(s) please state what regions you cover.
If you are self employed, please state self employed
If self employed, how much do you think you would earn pre-tax / deductions in an average per year?
If working multi site / varied locations or in a domiciliary role please advise your average daily commute time to your first location / appointment)
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Basic Salary
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Job security
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Management style
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Opportunities to train in new clinical areas and have opportunity to utilise your new skills
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Working environment (well equipped, maintained and staffed)
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Location/commute from your home
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Friendly and Sociable team
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Manageable Workload
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Enhanced annual leave entitlement being more than statutory 20+8
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Opportunites to train and develop new professional skills and be able secure new more senior positions within your organisiation
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Professional fees being paid
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If the role is mid week only or includes regular weekends
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If the role includes working later evening shifts
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If the role allow you to work condensed hours e.g. full time working 4 days instead of 5
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If the employer is flexible for you to start or finish slightly earlier in the day
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If the employer encourages participation in charitable or voluntary work
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CET/CPD being provided
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Clinical freedom (time allowed with patients and choice of products etc)
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A company car or car allowance being provided at company expense
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Enhanced sickness pay
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Enhanced pension contributions being provided by your employer (over and above their statutory obligations)
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Enhanced paternity/maternity pay
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