Massage jobs in London
Massage clients in their own homes and hotels across London. Choose your own working days and hours, the areas you work in and the types of massage you offer.
- Earn £35 to £65+ per booking
- Cash paid the same day
- Pick your hours
- Pick your areas
- Perfect as a second job
- 17-year safety record
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Booking massages across London since 2009, more than 200,000 so far, for 30,000+ regular clients.
What the work is
The role. Massaging clients at their homes, hotels and offices across London as a self-employed freelancer. We do the marketing and handle the bookings.
Pay. From £35 an hour, £45 for 90 minutes and £65 for two hours, plus tips and travel. An active, experienced therapist earns £2,800 to £4,000 a month.
Hours. You choose your days and hours within our 7am to 11pm window, and change them whenever you like. Evenings and weekends are busiest.
Safety. You see the client's name and address before you accept, and can turn down any booking. Anyone who crosses a line is blocked for good.
Experience. Not required to apply, and care and nursing backgrounds are welcome. We check your massage in person first, with free guidance if needed.
Getting started. A short form, a friendly chat and a massage demonstration. We reply within two days, then you pick your areas and hours and start.
- You travel to the client, usually their home or hotel
- No table and no towels to carry, the client provides their own
- Bookings are 60, 90 or 120 minutes, plus your travel time
- Relaxing Swedish and deep tissue are the most popular
- You choose your working hours and areas within London
Mobile massage has been part of London life for a long time now, and clients love it for a simple reason: they get a proper treatment without having to go anywhere. You are the one who travels, usually to someone's home, sometimes to a hotel room, now and then to an office.
You work on the client's own bed or a mat on the floor, so there is no massage table to carry across the city. That's different to working in a salon, but it becomes second nature quickly, and most people find it more comfortable and more relaxing than lying on a hard table in an unfamiliar room. We have written more about why we work without a table. You do not bring towels either. The client uses their own, which is simpler for you to carry and more hygienic for everyone. Your uniform, massage oil and some music are really all you need.
Most bookings last 60 or 90 minutes, with some regulars booking 120. The treatments people ask for most are a relaxing Swedish or deep tissue full body massage. Some of our therapists are qualified in sports massage or popular Asian styles such as Thai, Shiatsu and Lomi Lomi, and you offer whichever you are confident with. London being London, some clients want someone quickly, so about one booking in five comes in as "as soon as possible", meaning the client would like a therapist within the hour. The rest are booked for later that day or another day.
Working as a mobile massage therapist in London is freelance, self-employed work. We bring you the clients, provide a safe and secure platform, and handle the marketing, the online booking and diary and any card payments. We are there whenever you need us.
What you earn
- Mobile with us: £35 an hour, £45 for 90 minutes, £65 for two
- Experienced therapists earn more, and tips and travel are on top
- As a guide, an active experienced therapist earns £650 to £950 a week
- Cash bookings paid the same day, card payments weekly
- You keep the lot and handle your own tax and National Insurance
- Compared to: Spa or salon, a fixed wage, about £15 to £20 an hour
An example day
You set yourself available from midday to 7pm on a Saturday, and receive three bookings:
- 12:30Swedish, 90 min£45
- 3:00Deep tissue, 60 min£35
- 5:00Relaxing, 120 min£65
Your massages£145
Your tips£20
Total for day£165
Plus any travel supplement if applicable. All yours.
How much you earn really comes down to how you choose to work. In a spa or salon you are paid a set wage, usually somewhere around £15 to £20 an hour, and it lands in your account whether the day was busy or quiet. Mobile work is the other way round. You are paid for each booking: £35 for an hour, £45 for the popular 90-minute session and £65 for two hours, with experienced therapists earning above that. Tips are yours, and for bookings in the outer boroughs there is a travel supplement you keep as well. So every hour you actually work is worth far more than a salon shift. Many of the therapists who join us are topping up the income from another job, or building towards doing this full time.
What you can expect to earn a week, a month and a year
People always want a weekly or monthly number, so here is a fair one. An experienced mobile therapist in London who works regularly, with good evening and weekend availability, usually earns between £650 and £950 a week. That works out at around £2,800 to £4,000 a month, or £35,000 to £48,000 a year once you allow for holidays and quieter spells. Do fewer bookings than that and you earn proportionally less. These are guide figures rather than a salary, and what you take home comes down to how much you choose to work.
| Period | A few bookings a week | Regular availability |
|---|---|---|
| Per week | £200 to £450 | £650 to £950 |
| Per month | £900 to £1,800 | £2,800 to £4,000 |
| Per year | £11,000 to £22,000 | £35,000 to £48,000 |
How mobile compares with a fixed job
| Way of working | Typical pay | Hours | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employed in a spa or salon | About £15 to £20 an hour, roughly £20,000 to £30,000 a year, paid whether or not clients book | Fixed shifts, often 9am to 6pm | Steady, predictable pay |
| Self-employed mobile (our platform) | £35, £45 or £65 a booking for 60, 90 or 120 minutes, plus tips and travel, more for experienced therapists | You choose, within 7am to 11pm | Higher pay per hour, full flexibility |
Work less when you are busy elsewhere, more when you want the money. It is your choice every day.
How and when you get paid
Getting paid is meant to be the easy part. Some clients simply hand you cash at the end of the session, and that is yours to take home the same day. For the ones who pay by card, the money comes to you through the platform and reaches your bank every week. Nothing is taken off the top, no tax and no National Insurance, because you are freelance, and any tips a client gives you are yours to keep in full.
The one thing to keep in mind is that, as a self-employed therapist, you look after your own tax and National Insurance. The good news is that you can set your working costs, such as travel, oil and insurance, against your income to reduce the tax you owe. It is straightforward, and thousands of people across the UK work happily this way.
Your hours, your areas
- You set your days, hours, breaks and holidays
- You choose your areas and your treatments
- Turn down any booking, with no penalty
- No rota, no minimum hours, no exclusivity
- Busiest in the evenings and at weekends
The main reason therapists stay with us is that nobody tells them when to work. You set your own days, your own hours and your own breaks, and if you want a week off you simply take it. You choose which parts of London you are willing to cover, and you can change that whenever you like. You decide which types of massage to offer. And you only ever accept the bookings you want, with nothing counted against you for turning one down.
There is no rota, no minimum number of hours and no exclusivity, so a lot of our therapists keep another job, study, or see their own private clients alongside the platform work. Our booking window runs from 7am to 11pm, and it is busiest in the evenings and at weekends, so if those are hours you can offer, the work is there for you.
Adding mobile work changed my working week. I can still do my full-time job and just add ad-hoc hours for mobile massage when I want. I earn really well from it and I am not stuck in one location. The ASAP jobs are great when I am nearby and want to boost my day.
Elena, mobile massage therapist, West London
Staying safe
- 17 years, a 100% safety record: one of London's longest
- Professional, therapeutic massage only
- Our office is run by a therapist who did this job herself for over five years
- We record who is booking, the device and network they use
- We know whether they are new or a regular customer
- Any customer who crosses a line is blocked for good
- You choose your areas, see who you are visiting, and can turn down any booking
We have arranged professional therapeutic mobile massages across London since 2009. That is 17 years, one of the longest in the city, performing more than 200,000 bookings, with a 100% safety record.
The person who runs our office worked as a mobile therapist with us for more than five years, so she knows the situations and how to handle them. Before you start working, you are also welcome to speak to a therapist who already works with us and ask them whatever you like.
We keep a record of everyone who books, including the device and network they book from, and we can see straight away whether they are new or a regular who has booked before. If a booking looks wrong, it is cancelled by us. Our credit card processing company checks the client's payment against their billing address and screens them.
If a client is ever rude or crosses a line, we have a system for our therapists to report them, we investigate and if the client is deemed to have been inappropriate we block those clients permanently. Of course, the vast majority of our clients are great but it's good to know we have a system to block the less favourable ones from booking again with us.
You are always in charge of where you go. You see the client's name and address before you accept, you only cover the areas you have picked, and you only work when you want to. Most of the people you will see are London professionals, doctors, lawyers and accountants among them, and many book again and again, so you build up a round of regulars you know well.
No experience? Still apply
- If you're empathetic, good with your hands, reliable and like caring for people - this role could be for you!
- We consider all different types of backgrounds
- Care assistant and nursing backgrounds are very welcome
- We check your massage in person before you start
- Not quite ready for mobile? We'll give you honest feedback and guidance, free of charge
Please do not rule yourself out because you have not done this professionally before. Some of our therapists have run their own businesses for years. Others have come from caring or nursing, and simply have good hands and a real wish to help people feel better. That instinct matters more to us than a drawer full of certificates.
Before you start we spend time with you and check your massage in person, so that we know our clients are in safe hands and you know what to expect. If you are almost there but not quite ready, we will tell you honestly what to practise, and you are welcome to come back to us.
Fixed-location roles: spa, gym and salon
Mobile is not the only way to work in massage in London. A fixed job in a spa, gym or salon gives you a fixed wage and one location to travel to. What you give up is flexibility, higher pay rates per hour and where you spend your day. Here is how they compare.
| What you get | Mobile with us | Hotel & spa | Gym | Salon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choose your own hours | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Work the areas you pick, near home | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Paid more for each hour you work | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No unpaid time between clients | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Turn down any booking, no penalty | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Keep another job, no exclusivity | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| A wage on quiet days | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Holiday and sick pay | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Insurance and admin handled for you | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Colleagues on site | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Therapists who join us from a spa or salon job usually all say the same thing: they wanted to choose their own working hours, be free to do as they wish in between appointments, and be paid better for the hours they do work instead of sitting in a spa room waiting for the next customer.
How to start
Getting started is quick, and we respond to every successful applicant within two days at most, often the same day.
- Apply online Fill in a short form. A CV is optional, so if you do not have one, just tell us which massage styles you can do and why you enjoy the work.
- Chat and trade test We have a friendly chat about your experience, you show your massage, which can be 20 mins to a full 90 minute session, if needed.
- Choose and go live You set your working areas, your days and hours, your profile goes live, and bookings can start the same day.
Questions therapists ask
It depends on you, mainly how many hours you make available, which areas you cover and how many bookings you take. As a rough guide, an experienced mobile therapist in London who works regularly and keeps good evening and weekend availability earns somewhere around £650 to £950 a week. That is roughly £2,800 to £4,000 a month, or £35,000 to £48,000 a year once you allow for holidays and quieter spells. Do just a few bookings a week and you would earn proportionally less, perhaps £200 to £450. Our rates are £35 for an hour, £45 for 90 minutes and £65 for two, with experienced therapists earning more, and tips and the outer-zone travel supplement are yours on top. None of it is a salary and nothing is guaranteed, but every hour you actually work pays well above a fixed salon wage.
That is fine for mobile work. You need enough English to greet a client, check what they want and keep them comfortable and safe. Many of our therapists speak English as a second language.
You don't need a specific certificate to start working as a massage therapist in the UK, but attending a good course can help you be more successful and earn more. What matters most, however, is genuine care for clients, reliability, honesty, and a safe, competent technique. Every therapist goes through a practical in-person assessment before joining the platform, and we require appropriate insurance throughout. Many of our therapists trained abroad or hold UK certifications such as ITEC, FHT, Guild of Beauty Therapists, and we're happy to point newer therapists toward courses and resources to build their skills further. Get in touch whatever your level of experience, and we will try our best to help.
Clients pay by card or cash depending on the booking. Cash is yours on the day. Card payments run through the platform and are paid out to you every week. As a self-employed professional you are responsible for your own tax and National Insurance.
Many customers who want a mobile massage prefer to pay in cash, so for those bookings you receive cash daily. For any customers who prefer to pay by credit card, we settle anything owed to you weekly.
No. You work on the client's own bed or a mat, so there is no table to carry across London. You do not bring towels either. The client uses their own, which is more hygienic. All you carry is your uniform, your oils and your phone for music.
Our record is the honest answer. Since 2009, that is 17 years and more than 200,000 bookings, we have kept a 100% safety record, one of the longest in London. Every booking is for professional, therapeutic massage only, and clients agree to that when they book. Before a booking reaches you, the card payment is checked against the client's billing address and screened for fraud, and we log who is booking, the device and network they use and whether they are new or a regular. You still see the client's name and address before you accept, you choose which parts of London you cover, and you can turn down any booking without giving a reason. We keep a blacklist, you can report anyone who crosses a line, and they are blocked for good. Our office is run by someone who did this job herself for over five years.
We take bookings between 7am and 11pm, and you choose which of those hours you want to work. We are busiest in the evenings on weekdays and all day at weekends.
Yes, you will need your own professional and public liability cover. It is inexpensive and quick to arrange, and we point you to the usual providers when you join.
Yes. There is no exclusivity and no minimum hours. Work as much or as little as you want, alongside another job, your studies or your own private clients. Clients you meet through our platform stay platform clients.
A friendly chat about your experience, then a practical trade test. If you are already experienced in mobile massage this can be as short as 15 minutes; otherwise expect a full session. We also talk through availability, professionalism and client care. If a little guidance would help you succeed, we provide it free of charge.
Yes. There is no minimum. Some therapists do one or two bookings a week around another job, others work most days. You set your availability and change it whenever you like.
No. A car is more trouble than help in London, between the traffic, the parking and the congestion charge. Our therapists travel by tube, bus, bike or on foot, and you pick areas that suit how you get around.
Ready to start?
Send us your application today. If it feels like a fit on both sides, you could be taking your first bookings across London within a week.