This dataset is associated with the article 'Illness Perceptions in People with Chronic and Disabling Non-Specific Neck Pain: a Qualitative Study' and consists the demographic and neck pain related data that were gathered using questionnaires. Demographic data and scores on the Nummeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Pain Specific Functioning Scale (PSFS) and Neckpix were used to describe the characteristics of the participants. Information from the PSFS, Illness Perception Questionnaire and Neckpix were used by the interviewer as prompts to chart their perceptions in more detail.