Receptionist salary in the United Kingdom (2026)

What employers advertise across the United Kingdom.

£26,500 per year, median

the midpoint of 117 advertised salaries from 62 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 3 Sept 2026

about £2,200 a month

Low
£24,800
Median
£26,500
Average
£29,900
High
£37,000
Median Average
Low £24,800 High £37,000
The bar leaves out the highest and lowest tenth of advertised salaries; the darker section is the middle half.

Half of the adverts fall between £25,400 and £29,100. “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

  • 117 advertised salaries, from 62 different employers.
  • Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 3 Sept 2026.
  • Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (62), an hourly rate (55). 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.

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Company Secretary Administrator G2 Company Secretarial · London · 35–40k £/yrFull-time Temporary Adhoc Receptionist Office Angels Limited · Edinburgh · Full-time Weekend Receptionist Barchester Healthcare · Winchester · Full-time Receptionist Peasgood & Skeates · Cambridge · Full-time Receptionist Premier Foods · Lifton · Full-time Receptionist / Site Assistant Part Time Tarmac Trading Limited · Dunbar · Part-time Receptionist/Driver Connaught Resourcing · Burton upon Trent · Full-time Receptionist Compass UK & Ireland · Moreton in Marsh · Full-time Receptionist - Bank - Care Home Barchester Healthcare · Chippenham · Part-time Interim Company Secretary Inside IR35 Cedar Recruitment · West Bromwich · 900–1,000 £/dayFull-time Weekend Receptionist Bramley Court Care Home · Rampton · from 13 £/hrFull-time Interim Assistant Company Secretary/ Co-Sec Consultant Michael Page Legal · York · Full-time Service Receptionist (Automotive / Workshop) Rise Technical Recruitment Limited · Preston · from 29k £/yrFull-time Company Secretary qed legal · Edinburgh · Full-time Company Secretary, Analyst Goodman Masson · London · 55–60k £/yrFull-time Company Secretary - Qualified or PQ - Canterbury - Financial Services Hawke Search · Canterbury · Full-time Assistant Company Secretary Jenkins Recruitment Solutions Ltd · Solihull · Full-time Receptionist Reed · Harrogate · from 13 £/hrFull-time Company Secretary Assistant Manager G2 Company Secretarial · Kent · Full-time Snr Corporate Governance Manager/ Company Secretary - Canterbury - CGI Qualified.. Hawke Search · Canterbury · Full-time