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Title: Corporate Secretary hourly rate in London | Deftridge
Summary: Corporate Secretary & Governance pay in London: median wage £30 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £45. Free for professionals.

TLI · United Kingdom · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Corporate Secretary & Governance hourly rate in London

The market median wage for a Corporate Secretary & Governance in London is **£29.51 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£45 an hour** on Deftridge, +29% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£45/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£29.51/hr** median wage

**£24-36** middle half of wages

**£980** a month at 5 hours a week

## Corporate Secretary & Governance wage percentiles in London

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | £21.75 | £470 | £45,200 |
| 25th | £23.69 | £510 | £49,300 |
| Median | £29.51 | £640 | £61,400 |
| 75th | £35.52 | £770 | £73,900 |
| 90th | £47.06 | £1,020 | £97,900 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## London in numbers

What sets London apart for a Corporate Secretary & Governance, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+23%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £23.90

- **1st of 12** regions by median wage for this role

- **£23** country floor: no United Kingdom rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Corporate Secretary & Governance in London by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | £45 | £980 |
| Manager | £50 | £1,080 |

- Regular role **£45**

- One-off task **£50**

- Task bundle **£45**

## Corporate Secretary & Governance pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Corporate Secretary & Governance, highest first; 4 of 12 places shown. By median wage London ranks **1 of 12**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £29.51 | £45 |
| South West | £25.10 | £35 |
| East of England | £24.71 | £35 |
| South East | £24.38 | £35 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Corporate Secretary & Governance rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/corporate-secretary-and-governance/) · [Corporate Secretary & Governance jobs in London](https://deftridge.com/jobs/corporate-secretary-and-governance/london/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
