Massage Therapist Jobs & Vacancies in London
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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
- £35k to £48k a year
- Cash paid the same day
- 17-year safety record
- Pick your areas
- Pick your hours
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- 410+ therapists have worked with us
- 17+ years running a safe, genuine platform
- Therapists stay 3+ years on average
How it works with us
The role. Massage clients at their own home or hotel in London.
Pay. From £35 to £65+ a booking, plus tips and travel.
Hours. You choose which days and hours you want to work.
Safety. Enjoy our 17+ year safety record as a reputable platform.
Experience. Seasoned therapists and newcomers all welcome.
Getting started. Apply, chat, show us your massage. Start this week!
- Home, hotel or office visits
- No table or towels to carry
- 60, 90 or 120 minute bookings
- Mostly Swedish and deep tissue
- Your hours, your areas
When you join us, the bookings come to you. We handle the marketing, the website, the online diary and the card payments, so your time goes on massage, not on finding your next client. We have arranged more than 200,000 bookings since 2009 for over 30,000 regular clients, and that demand is spread right across London, so the areas and hours you choose come with real bookings behind them, not an empty diary.
You work on the client's own bed or a mat, the way every therapist on our platform does, so there is no massage table to carry across the city and no towels to pack either, the client provides their own. We have written more about why we work without a table if you are curious. All you bring is your uniform, your oils and something to play music from.
Most bookings with us last 60 or 90 minutes, with some regulars choosing 120. Relaxing Swedish and deep tissue are what our clients ask for most, and if you are trained in sports massage or a style such as Thai, Shiatsu or Lomi Lomi, you will find demand for that too, you only ever offer what you are confident with. About one booking in five comes in as "as soon as possible", meaning the client wants someone within the hour, and the rest are booked ahead, so your day is a mix of planned bookings and same-day ones.
Working with us is freelance, self-employed work. Nobody manages your day. You decide which bookings to take, which areas to cover and how much of your week goes into it, and we are there whenever you need us.
What you can earn with us
- From £35, £45 or £65 a booking
- Tips and travel on top
- £650 to £950 a week, active therapists
- Cash same day, card weekly
- You keep the lot
- Above a typical £15 to £20 salon wage
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, by length, with experienced therapists earning above the base rate. 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) | From £35 a booking, 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.
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.
Massage therapists needed across every area of London
You choose which areas you cover, in one part of London or across several. Here is what each part looks like today.
Central London
- 54 areas across 54 postcode districts
- Our busiest area with the best tips
- 27 therapists already cover this area
North London
- 40 areas across 39 postcode districts
- Up to £10 travel supplement
- 25 therapists already cover this area
South London
- 36 areas across 36 postcode districts
- Up to £10 travel supplement
- 28 therapists already cover this area
East London
- 50 areas across 49 postcode districts
- Up to £10 travel supplement
- 24 therapists already cover this area
West London
- 27 areas across 27 postcode districts
- Up to £15 travel supplement
- 27 therapists already cover this area
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
Your hours, your areas
- Your days, hours, breaks, holidays
- Your areas, your treatments
- Turn down any booking
- No rota, no minimum, no exclusivity
- Busiest evenings and 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.
How we keep you safe
- 17 years, 100% safety record
- Therapeutic massage only
- Office run by a former therapist
- Bookings screened before they reach you
- New or regular, we know who's booking
- Anyone who crosses a line is blocked for good
- You see who, you choose to accept
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.
New or experienced, we want you
- New or established, we want to hear from you
- Keep your own clients too, no exclusivity
- We check your massage in person
- Honest, free feedback if you're not quite ready
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.
If you are already an experienced or qualified therapist, working with us adds to what you have rather than replacing it. There is no exclusivity and no minimum hours, so you keep your own private clients and simply add our bookings around them. Our rates work out well above a typical salon wage, and you only ever take the bookings you want, so it tops up your week rather than filling it. Deep tissue and Sports massage therapists are always needed.
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.
If you would like to train before you apply, Bodyology in North London runs well-regarded massage courses, and several of our therapists trained there.
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 start from £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.
Often about a week, if it is a good fit on both sides. We reply to every application within two days, usually the same day. The trade test can be fifteen minutes if you are already experienced, or a full session if you are newer to this. Once you are approved, your profile goes live and your areas are set the same day, so bookings can start straight away.
It builds. In your first few weeks your profile is new and has no reviews yet, so bookings tend to be fewer than they will be once clients have rated you and you have settled into the areas and hours that suit you. Covering more of London, and being available in the evenings and at weekends when we are busiest, both bring bookings sooner. For most therapists it picks up steadily over the first couple of months as reviews build.
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?
Whether you're after full massage therapy employment or just a few massage jobs a week alongside something else, 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.