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Highest Paying Hospitality Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Hospitality Jobs Summary

There have been 286,742 listed Hospitality Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	285,817	99.68 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	661	0.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	264	0.09 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 5,514 new Hospitality Jobs posted each week, or 23,895 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,496	23,817
Contract	17	77

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Hospitality Jobs

Permanent Hospitality Jobs

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

2,376

Down 3.5% vs last year

Average salary

£36,710.00

Up 4.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Hospitality Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Down 61.3% vs last year

Average day rate

£535.00

Up 73.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

Down 63.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£480.00

Up 13.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Hospitality Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
May 2026	2,376
April 2026	3,215
March 2026	3,442
February 2026	3,061
January 2026	3,550
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

The Highest Paying Hospitality Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Events	4	£57,500.00	£58,125.00	£58,750.00
Executive Chef	13	£50,875.00	£52,000.00	£53,125.00
Butler	40	£46,890.00	£51,315.00	£55,715.00
Management Couple	21	£44,015.00	£50,295.00	£56,575.00
Contract Catering Manager	4	£48,150.00	£48,150.00	£48,150.00
Pub Manager	24	£43,125.00	£45,200.00	£47,265.00
Deputy General Manager	83	£44,125.00	£45,005.00	£45,890.00
Catering Engineer	79	£41,845.00	£44,490.00	£47,135.00
Hotel Management	61	£42,325.00	£44,305.00	£46,290.00
Executive Head Chef	4	£42,750.00	£44,250.00	£45,750.00
Hotel Operations Manager	4	£41,000.00	£42,875.00	£44,750.00
General Manager	2,848	£40,805.00	£42,040.00	£43,280.00
Development Chef	2	£40,000.00	£41,250.00	£42,500.00
Night Manager	72	£39,505.00	£40,575.00	£41,640.00
Events Management	391	£38,035.00	£40,255.00	£42,480.00
Events Manager	360	£37,540.00	£39,600.00	£41,660.00
Event Manager	407	£37,540.00	£39,525.00	£41,505.00
Restaurant Manager	1,585	£38,495.00	£39,000.00	£39,510.00
Senior Sous Chef	104	£37,705.00	£38,770.00	£39,845.00
Venue Manager	27	£37,670.00	£38,605.00	£39,545.00
Head Chef	1,141	£37,330.00	£38,425.00	£39,520.00
Deputy Restaurant Manager	4	£36,500.00	£38,250.00	£40,000.00
Restaurant Deputy Manager	4	£36,500.00	£38,250.00	£40,000.00
Events Operative	23	£36,430.00	£38,055.00	£39,680.00
Contract Catering	26	£37,155.00	£38,030.00	£38,905.00
Contract Caterer	23	£37,155.00	£37,905.00	£38,655.00
Restaurant General Manager	1,284	£37,510.00	£37,850.00	£38,190.00
Promoter	3,839	£36,310.00	£37,720.00	£39,125.00
Events	3,021	£35,300.00	£37,430.00	£39,560.00
Waitress	2	£37,200.00	£37,200.00	£37,200.00
Shift Leader	431	£34,540.00	£36,765.00	£39,000.00
Housekeeping Manager	10	£36,075.00	£36,650.00	£37,225.00
Kitchen Operative	42	£34,770.00	£36,580.00	£38,385.00
Sommelier	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Hotel	1,424	£34,810.00	£36,425.00	£38,040.00
Culinary	288	£34,915.00	£36,285.00	£37,655.00
Food and Beverage Manager	48	£35,115.00	£36,075.00	£37,030.00
Sous Chef	1,170	£34,350.00	£35,425.00	£36,500.00
Kitchen Manager	104	£33,755.00	£35,295.00	£36,845.00
Brand Ambassador	1	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
Junior Sous Chef	61	£33,735.00	£34,480.00	£35,230.00
Chef	4,100	£32,940.00	£33,940.00	£34,940.00
Assistant General Manager	480	£33,660.00	£33,905.00	£34,150.00
Pastry Chef	132	£32,560.00	£33,450.00	£34,345.00
Assistant Restaurant Manager	487	£33,190.00	£33,420.00	£33,655.00
Duty Manager	86	£32,330.00	£33,345.00	£34,345.00
Events Executive	24	£31,055.00	£33,245.00	£35,430.00
Catering	1,175	£31,600.00	£32,440.00	£33,280.00
Front Of House	43	£31,515.00	£32,110.00	£32,710.00
Waiter	4	£31,600.00	£32,100.00	£32,600.00
Caterer	1,187	£31,250.00	£32,065.00	£32,885.00
Chef Manager	116	£31,125.00	£31,700.00	£32,275.00
Catering Supervisor	9	£31,600.00	£31,600.00	£31,600.00
Housekeeping	222	£31,060.00	£31,525.00	£31,985.00
Housekeeper	227	£30,920.00	£31,390.00	£31,865.00
Chef de Partie	983	£30,685.00	£31,300.00	£31,915.00
Front House Manager	2	£30,000.00	£31,250.00	£32,500.00
Front Of House Manager	2	£30,000.00	£31,250.00	£32,500.00
Bar Manager	28	£30,595.00	£31,220.00	£31,845.00
Host	46	£29,820.00	£31,215.00	£32,605.00
Events Assistant	19	£30,040.00	£30,975.00	£31,910.00
Catering Manager	121	£30,065.00	£30,675.00	£31,285.00
Head Housekeeper	43	£30,010.00	£30,510.00	£31,015.00
Events Coordinator	56	£29,410.00	£30,385.00	£31,355.00
Cafe Manager	17	£29,550.00	£30,125.00	£30,700.00
Night Concierge	23	£29,515.00	£29,795.00	£30,080.00
Housekeeping Assistant	2	£29,500.00	£29,750.00	£30,000.00
Demi Chef De Partie	30	£29,390.00	£29,640.00	£29,890.00
Concierge	138	£29,150.00	£29,475.00	£29,805.00
Food and Beverage Assistant	24	£29,240.00	£29,365.00	£29,495.00
Live-in Housekeeper	2	£27,000.00	£29,250.00	£31,500.00
Cook	475	£28,455.00	£28,975.00	£29,490.00
Food & Beverage Supervisor	10	£28,750.00	£28,965.00	£29,190.00
Hospitality Trainer	2	£28,025.00	£28,775.00	£29,525.00
Day Concierge	20	£27,750.00	£27,950.00	£28,145.00
Restaurant Supervisor	11	£27,765.00	£27,935.00	£28,100.00
Chef Trainer	8	£27,090.00	£27,790.00	£28,500.00
School Caterer	4	£27,700.00	£27,700.00	£27,700.00
Breakfast Chef	4	£26,690.00	£27,690.00	£28,700.00
Commis Chef	51	£27,105.00	£27,530.00	£27,945.00
Hotel Receptionist	3	£26,825.00	£26,825.00	£26,825.00
Bar Work	55	£24,000.00	£26,500.00	£29,000.00
Hostel Worker	2	£25,375.00	£25,875.00	£26,375.00
Removal Porter	1	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
School Cook	65	£23,315.00	£23,340.00	£23,365.00
Kitchen Porter	5	£22,735.00	£22,775.00	£22,815.00
Kitchen Assistant	35	£20,895.00	£20,955.00	£21,020.00
Catering Assistant	61	£20,405.00	£20,440.00	£20,470.00
Cafe Assistant	4	£19,950.00	£19,950.00	£19,950.00
Assistant Cook	2	£15,750.00	£15,750.00	£15,750.00