Highest Paying Hospitality Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Hospitality Jobs Summary

There have been 271,745 listed Hospitality Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	270,916	99.69 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	585	0.22 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	244	0.09 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 5,226 new Hospitality Jobs posted each week, or 22,645 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,210	22,575
Contract	15	69

The busiest month for new permanent Hospitality Jobs in the UK is March, whilst the quietest month is November.

The busiest month for new contract Hospitality Jobs is January, and the quietest month is August.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Hospitality Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract Hospitality Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed Hospitality Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
December 2025	1,432
November 2025	1,211
October 2025	2,088
September 2025	3,112
August 2025	2,979
July 2025	1,751
June 2025	1,349
May 2025	2,344
April 2025	2,575
March 2025	4,047
February 2025	2,429
January 2025	2,140

The Highest Paying Hospitality Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Executive Chef	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Management Couple	4	£45,000.00	£46,875.00	£48,750.00
Hotel Operations Manager	2	£45,500.00	£46,000.00	£46,500.00
Hotel Management	46	£42,860.00	£44,415.00	£45,980.00
Catering Engineer	66	£41,165.00	£43,350.00	£45,535.00
Development Chef	2	£40,000.00	£41,250.00	£42,500.00
Pub Manager	20	£39,000.00	£40,965.00	£42,930.00
Senior Sous Chef	45	£38,970.00	£40,050.00	£41,125.00
Conference Manager	6	£39,500.00	£39,850.00	£40,190.00
Night Manager	61	£38,255.00	£39,165.00	£40,070.00
Contract Catering	12	£36,665.00	£38,960.00	£41,250.00
Contract Caterer	9	£36,665.00	£38,750.00	£40,835.00
Executive Head Chef	2	£35,500.00	£38,500.00	£41,500.00
General Manager	4,489	£37,285.00	£38,440.00	£39,600.00
Promoter	3,753	£37,045.00	£38,400.00	£39,750.00
Events Management	279	£36,315.00	£38,260.00	£40,200.00
Deputy General Manager	418	£37,050.00	£37,950.00	£38,845.00
Events Operative	2	£35,100.00	£37,600.00	£40,100.00
Head Chef	935	£36,460.00	£37,520.00	£38,580.00
Senior Events Executive	8	£35,000.00	£37,500.00	£40,000.00
Events Manager	240	£35,665.00	£37,485.00	£39,300.00
Event Manager	298	£35,710.00	£37,450.00	£39,185.00
Waiter	2	£37,200.00	£37,200.00	£37,200.00
Waitress	2	£37,200.00	£37,200.00	£37,200.00
Kitchen Operative	25	£34,620.00	£36,845.00	£39,055.00
Sommelier	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Restaurant Manager	2,108	£35,685.00	£36,290.00	£36,895.00
Restaurant General Manager	1,490	£35,500.00	£36,005.00	£36,505.00
Events	1,902	£33,995.00	£35,985.00	£37,980.00
Food and Beverage Manager	19	£34,110.00	£35,575.00	£37,040.00
Culinary	171	£34,290.00	£35,555.00	£36,825.00
Hotel	933	£34,015.00	£35,375.00	£36,740.00
Brand Ambassador	1	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
Sous Chef	786	£33,880.00	£34,990.00	£36,110.00
Host	27	£33,410.00	£34,850.00	£36,290.00
Shift Leader	329	£32,105.00	£34,200.00	£36,285.00
Chef Manager	52	£33,315.00	£34,160.00	£35,005.00
Chef	3,160	£32,925.00	£33,925.00	£34,925.00
Kitchen Manager	54	£32,530.00	£33,800.00	£35,085.00
Front Of House	51	£32,455.00	£33,095.00	£33,745.00
Assistant General Manager	280	£32,785.00	£33,085.00	£33,375.00
Events Executive	35	£30,585.00	£32,790.00	£35,000.00
Junior Sous Chef	21	£31,700.00	£32,765.00	£33,835.00
Duty Manager	61	£31,925.00	£32,750.00	£33,570.00
Pastry Chef	47	£31,410.00	£32,650.00	£33,895.00
Bar Manager	28	£30,950.00	£32,115.00	£33,275.00
Assistant Restaurant Manager	760	£31,340.00	£31,745.00	£32,150.00
Event Organiser	6	£29,900.00	£31,485.00	£33,065.00
Housekeeper	157	£30,890.00	£31,400.00	£31,915.00
Venue Manager	13	£31,115.00	£31,115.00	£31,115.00
Housekeeping	157	£30,295.00	£30,790.00	£31,280.00
Chef de Partie	682	£29,870.00	£30,620.00	£31,365.00
Front House Manager	4	£30,425.00	£30,425.00	£30,425.00
Front Of House Manager	4	£30,425.00	£30,425.00	£30,425.00
Catering	964	£29,580.00	£30,340.00	£31,095.00
Head Housekeeper	31	£29,390.00	£30,065.00	£30,745.00
Caterer	979	£29,270.00	£29,995.00	£30,725.00
Breakfast Chef	10	£29,120.00	£29,930.00	£30,750.00
Events Coordinator	38	£29,295.00	£29,780.00	£30,270.00
Concierge	122	£29,230.00	£29,685.00	£30,135.00
Live-in Housekeeper	2	£27,000.00	£29,250.00	£31,500.00
Events Organiser	4	£28,600.00	£29,100.00	£29,600.00
Demi Chef De Partie	20	£28,400.00	£28,870.00	£29,340.00
Hospitality Trainer	2	£28,025.00	£28,775.00	£29,525.00
Night Concierge	19	£28,265.00	£28,485.00	£28,710.00
Cafe Manager	10	£27,875.00	£28,440.00	£29,000.00
Food & Beverage Supervisor	2	£27,500.00	£28,150.00	£28,825.00
Day Concierge	20	£27,825.00	£28,030.00	£28,235.00
Chef Trainer	8	£27,090.00	£27,790.00	£28,500.00
School Caterer	4	£27,700.00	£27,700.00	£27,700.00
Catering Manager	124	£27,265.00	£27,685.00	£28,105.00
Events Assistant	11	£26,815.00	£27,350.00	£27,885.00
Food and Beverage Assistant	10	£27,135.00	£27,310.00	£27,485.00
Cook	648	£26,555.00	£27,055.00	£27,560.00
Hotel Receptionist	3	£26,825.00	£26,825.00	£26,825.00
Commis Chef	41	£26,305.00	£26,585.00	£26,860.00
Bar Work	18	£24,000.00	£26,500.00	£29,000.00
Butler	4	£25,000.00	£26,500.00	£28,000.00
Restaurant Supervisor	15	£27,650.00	£24,370.00	£21,080.00
School Cook	267	£23,385.00	£23,455.00	£23,525.00
Night Porter	4	£23,150.00	£23,150.00	£23,150.00
Kitchen Porter	5	£22,735.00	£22,775.00	£22,815.00
Assistant Cook	85	£19,375.00	£19,375.00	£19,375.00
Catering Assistant	52	£18,540.00	£18,670.00	£18,805.00
Kitchen Assistant	109	£18,195.00	£18,230.00	£18,265.00