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Title: LinkedIn Ghostwriter hourly rate in London, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: LinkedIn Ghostwriter pay in London: median wage £24 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £35. Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p.

TLI · United Kingdom · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# LinkedIn Ghostwriter hourly rate in London

The market median wage for a LinkedIn Ghostwriter in London is **£23.75 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£35 an hour** on Deftridge, +17% against the United Kingdom rate.

**£35/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£23.75/hr** median wage

**£18-28** middle half of wages

**£760** a month at 5 hours a week

## LinkedIn Ghostwriter 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 | £15.17 | £330 | £31,600 |
| 25th | £18.11 | £390 | £37,700 |
| Median | £23.75 | £510 | £49,400 |
| 75th | £28.28 | £610 | £58,800 |
| 90th | £43.30 | £940 | £90,100 |

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 LinkedIn Ghostwriter, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+20%** median wage against the United Kingdom median of £19.73

- **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 LinkedIn Ghostwriter 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | £30 | £650 |
| Senior | £35 | £760 |

- Regular role **£35**

- One-off task **£40**

- Task bundle **£35**

## LinkedIn Ghostwriter pay across United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior LinkedIn Ghostwriter, highest first; 4 of 12 places shown. By median wage London ranks **1 of 12**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £23.75 | £35 |
| South West | £20.09 | £30 |
| East of England | £19.60 | £30 |
| North West | £19.49 | £30 |

## 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.

[LinkedIn Ghostwriter rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/linkedin-ghostwriter/) · [LinkedIn Ghostwriter jobs in London](https://deftridge.com/jobs/linkedin-ghostwriter/london/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
