Chef Salary in London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Oct 23, 2026, 13:50 UTC

Median Salary

£34.2K≈ $45.8Kmedian posted base

£26.4K£65K

Typical range: £30K – £39.9K

Hiring Velocity

+ 117%

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1.2k

Open positions in London

420 postings with employer-disclosed pay

Every number on this page is computed from pay ranges published on live job postings, indexed directly from company career pages. Not self-reported.

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Where this data comes from

Salary figures are extracted from ranges employers publish on live postings. Every data point traces back to its source. Read the methodology

230k+

Career pages indexed

Direct from company sites and 80+ ATS platforms. No aggregators, no recycled feeds.

Expired listings drop out within hours, so ranges reflect the market right now.

1–2 hr

From posting to indexed

How much does a Chef make in London?

Statistics are computed on range midpoints of live postings that disclose pay, counting each employer once. Figures are annual, in GBP.

Posted salary distribution

Share of employers by posted base salary (each employer counts once) · 420 postings from 73 employers

£26.4K£45.7K£65K

Salary by years of experience

Median posted base, parsed from posting requirements

Posted salary percentiles

Base salary across employers

Percentile	Base Salary
10th	£27,664
25th	£29,994
50th (median)	£34,160
75th	£39,875
90th	£52,500

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Trends & market signals

Real history, with a short projection that follows the recent trend.

Hiring velocity

Fastest-growing markets, change in open jobs per day

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≈ $97.1K average · £72.4K
+ 742/day
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$122.2K average
+ 558/day

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Job Count Trend & Projection

Open jobs at each recompute, with a projection of the last four weeks' trend.

Salary Trend

Median posted salary at each recompute, with a projection of the recent trend. The line restarts when the method changes.

The salary trend starts building at the next recompute (every 3 days).

Live postings with disclosed pay

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The median posted base salary for a Chef in London is £34,160, with a typical range of £29,994 to £39,875. These figures are computed from 420 live job postings from 73 employers that disclose pay, counting each employer once.

Postings asking for 0 to 1 years of experience disclose a median base salary of £32,984, across 56 employers in London.

Postings asking for 5 to 7 years of experience disclose a median base salary of £45,000 in London, across 17 employers.

Among companies currently hiring, Westbury Street Holdings publishes the highest ranges at £32,240 to £40,000 base, followed by N Family Club at £28,454 to £38,750. These figures come from live postings, so they change as companies open and close roles.

Sources are scanned 12 to 24 times per day. Statistics on this page are recomputed every 3 days from live postings, and expired listings are removed within hours.

Yes. The statistics on this page are served by the Hirebase Insights API, and the underlying postings are available through the Jobs Data API and bulk Export API.

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Chef Salary in London, United Kingdom