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UK hospitality salary guide
What hospitality employers are paying right now, worked out from 54 live HospoJobs listings that show pay. Updated daily.
Figures as of 29 October 2026
Across all hospitality jobs
Paid by the hour
£13.25 an hour typical
From £12 to £24 an hour
Based on 30 job adverts
Yearly salary
£32,000 a year typical
From £23,000 to £60,000 a year
Based on 23 job adverts
Pay by job
Hourly pay and yearly salaries are shown separately, never mixed.
Head chef
Yearly salary
£38,510 a year typical
From £31,000 to £48,000 a year
Based on 6 job adverts
Sous chef
Yearly salary
£37,000 a year typical
From £30,000 to £45,000 a year
Based on 3 job adverts
Chef de partie
Paid by the hour
£14.25 an hour typical
From £13 to £16 an hour
Based on 4 job adverts
Kitchen porter and kitchen assistant
Paid by the hour
£13 an hour typical
From £13 to £14 an hour
Based on 3 job adverts
Chef and cook (other)
Yearly salary
£25,740 a year typical
From £25,379 to £31,200 a year
Based on 3 job adverts
Housekeeping
Paid by the hour
£14 an hour typical
From £12 to £24 an hour
Based on 3 job adverts
Manager and assistant manager
Paid by the hour
£14 an hour typical
From £13 to £18 an hour
Based on 3 job adverts
Yearly salary
£32,000 a year typical
From £24,000 to £60,000 a year
Based on 5 job adverts
Waiter and waitress
Paid by the hour
£13.50 an hour typical
From £12 to £16 an hour
Based on 4 job adverts
Bartender and bar staff
Paid by the hour
£13 an hour typical
From £12 to £13 an hour
Based on 3 job adverts
How we work these out
- We use every live job on HospoJobs that shows pay. Jobs that only say "competitive" are left out.
- "Typical" is the middle figure: half the jobs pay more, half pay less. When a job gives a range, like £12 to £14, we count the middle of it.
- The range runs from the lowest to the highest pay advertised.
- Hourly pay and yearly salaries are kept apart, so one never skews the other.
- We only show a figure when at least 3 jobs back it up, and we always say how many.
- These are the rates employers advertise, before tax. What a job pays can still differ once you talk to them.
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