What does a Cook earn in London? (2026)
What employers advertise in London.
£26,300 per year, median
the midpoint of 157 advertised salaries from 82 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,200 a month
- Low
- £17,200
- Median
- £26,300
- Average
- £26,800
- High
- £30,300
Median
Average
Low £17,200
High £30,300
Half of the adverts fall between £22,500 and £28,000. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 157 advertised salaries, from 82 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (108), an hourly rate (49). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
Open Cook jobs in London
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School Cook
Apprentice - Property Maintenance Ops Level 2
from 22k £/yr
Apprentice CAD Technician (Carpentry & Joinery)
Hot Kitchen Chef for Japanese Restaurant, Monday to Friday only
Canteen Cook
Kitchen Chef
Assistant Cook
from 20k £/yr
Senior Chef
Full-time
Nursery Apprentice
HR Apprentice at US Law Firm
from 28k £/yrApprenticeship
Apprentice - no experience required
from 27k £/yrApprenticeship
Care Home Cook
Talent Acquisition Apprentice
Assistant Cook
from 23k £/yr
Cook / Chef
15–16 £/hrFull-time
Marketing Apprentice
Apprenticeship
ICT Apprentice
Apprenticeship
Care Home Cook
14–15 £/hrFull-time
Engineering Apprentice Trainer
18–20 £/hrApprenticeship
Cook - Weekend
from 15 £/hr