Highest Paying Hospitality Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Hospitality Jobs Summary

There have been 279,966 listed Hospitality Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	279,076	99.68 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	638	0.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	252	0.09 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 5,384 new Hospitality Jobs posted each week, or 23,331 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,366	23,256
Contract	17	74

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

Permanent Hospitality Jobs

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

3,061

Up 27.2% vs last year

Average salary

£36,210.00

Up 5.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Hospitality Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Up 62.7% vs last year

Average day rate

£435.00

Up 50.9% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

Down 80.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£650.00

Up 119.7% 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
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
May 2025	2,344
April 2025	2,575
March 2025	4,047

The Highest Paying Hospitality Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Management Couple	21	£44,015.00	£50,295.00	£56,575.00
Butler	22	£45,925.00	£50,225.00	£54,500.00
Executive Chef	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Contract Catering Manager	4	£48,150.00	£48,150.00	£48,150.00
Hotel Operations Manager	2	£45,500.00	£46,000.00	£46,500.00
Hotel Management	47	£43,935.00	£45,775.00	£47,620.00
Pub Manager	24	£43,125.00	£45,200.00	£47,265.00
Executive Head Chef	4	£42,750.00	£44,250.00	£45,750.00
Catering Engineer	78	£40,430.00	£42,970.00	£45,505.00
Events Operative	6	£39,425.00	£41,490.00	£43,550.00
Development Chef	2	£40,000.00	£41,250.00	£42,500.00
Night Manager	65	£39,930.00	£40,895.00	£41,860.00
General Manager	3,419	£38,995.00	£40,290.00	£41,580.00
Deputy General Manager	248	£39,215.00	£40,125.00	£41,040.00
Senior Sous Chef	75	£38,770.00	£40,075.00	£41,370.00
Events Management	352	£37,100.00	£39,270.00	£41,445.00
Contract Catering	22	£38,070.00	£39,165.00	£40,255.00
Contract Caterer	19	£38,070.00	£39,005.00	£39,945.00
Events Manager	313	£36,390.00	£38,435.00	£40,470.00
Event Manager	371	£36,440.00	£38,390.00	£40,345.00
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
Head Chef	1,003	£37,075.00	£38,120.00	£39,165.00
Promoter	3,946	£36,520.00	£37,900.00	£39,280.00
Senior Events Executive	8	£35,000.00	£37,500.00	£40,000.00
Waitress	2	£37,200.00	£37,200.00	£37,200.00
Restaurant Manager	1,571	£36,545.00	£37,075.00	£37,615.00
Kitchen Operative	36	£35,175.00	£36,920.00	£38,665.00
Restaurant General Manager	1,276	£36,300.00	£36,680.00	£37,055.00
Sommelier	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Food and Beverage Manager	30	£35,415.00	£36,445.00	£37,475.00
Event Organiser	2	£32,500.00	£36,250.00	£40,000.00
Events	2,577	£34,235.00	£36,040.00	£37,850.00
Culinary	256	£34,835.00	£35,925.00	£37,020.00
Hotel	1,168	£34,550.00	£35,835.00	£37,125.00
Shift Leader	388	£33,340.00	£35,430.00	£37,525.00
Venue Manager	19	£34,950.00	£35,365.00	£35,785.00
Sous Chef	994	£34,085.00	£35,260.00	£36,440.00
Brand Ambassador	1	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
Kitchen Manager	82	£33,380.00	£34,780.00	£36,190.00
Chef	3,719	£33,035.00	£34,025.00	£35,010.00
Junior Sous Chef	42	£32,810.00	£33,655.00	£34,500.00
Assistant General Manager	419	£33,155.00	£33,435.00	£33,710.00
Events Executive	39	£30,940.00	£33,155.00	£35,375.00
Duty Manager	78	£31,905.00	£32,900.00	£33,890.00
Pastry Chef	79	£31,660.00	£32,775.00	£33,895.00
Assistant Restaurant Manager	577	£32,200.00	£32,490.00	£32,785.00
Housekeeper	205	£31,840.00	£32,245.00	£32,650.00
Catering	1,146	£31,315.00	£32,215.00	£33,115.00
Waiter	4	£31,600.00	£32,100.00	£32,600.00
Housekeeping Manager	2	£31,950.00	£31,950.00	£31,950.00
Front Of House	53	£30,990.00	£31,755.00	£32,525.00
Caterer	1,158	£30,825.00	£31,690.00	£32,560.00
Catering Supervisor	9	£31,600.00	£31,600.00	£31,600.00
Housekeeping	202	£31,160.00	£31,535.00	£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
Chef Manager	97	£30,405.00	£31,065.00	£31,730.00
Host	42	£29,630.00	£31,060.00	£32,490.00
Chef de Partie	855	£30,165.00	£30,905.00	£31,645.00
Bar Manager	23	£29,875.00	£30,500.00	£31,125.00
Events Coordinator	50	£29,505.00	£30,265.00	£31,025.00
Head Housekeeper	37	£29,495.00	£30,045.00	£30,600.00
Breakfast Chef	8	£29,325.00	£29,990.00	£30,665.00
Housekeeping Assistant	2	£29,500.00	£29,750.00	£30,000.00
Cafe Manager	15	£29,315.00	£29,595.00	£29,875.00
Demi Chef De Partie	22	£29,290.00	£29,540.00	£29,790.00
Catering Manager	108	£28,980.00	£29,450.00	£29,915.00
Concierge	127	£29,070.00	£29,395.00	£29,725.00
Live-in Housekeeper	2	£27,000.00	£29,250.00	£31,500.00
Night Concierge	22	£28,895.00	£29,245.00	£29,600.00
Events Assistant	11	£28,250.00	£29,185.00	£30,115.00
Hospitality Trainer	2	£28,025.00	£28,775.00	£29,525.00
Food and Beverage Assistant	16	£28,400.00	£28,580.00	£28,760.00
Food & Beverage Supervisor	2	£27,500.00	£28,150.00	£28,825.00
Day Concierge	17	£27,795.00	£28,040.00	£28,275.00
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
Cook	545	£26,830.00	£27,290.00	£27,750.00
Hotel Receptionist	3	£26,825.00	£26,825.00	£26,825.00
Bar Work	46	£24,000.00	£26,500.00	£29,000.00
Commis Chef	42	£25,815.00	£26,080.00	£26,340.00
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	141	£22,825.00	£22,845.00	£22,865.00
Kitchen Porter	5	£22,735.00	£22,775.00	£22,815.00
Catering Assistant	67	£18,765.00	£18,890.00	£19,015.00
Kitchen Assistant	83	£18,090.00	£18,120.00	£18,150.00
Assistant Cook	2	£15,750.00	£15,750.00	£15,750.00