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Title: Executive Assistant rate in the United Kingdom | Deftridge
Summary: Part-Time Executive Assistant pay in the United Kingdom: median wage £19 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate £25.

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

# Part-Time Executive Assistant hourly rate in United Kingdom

The market median wage for a Part-Time Executive Assistant in the United Kingdom is **£18.67 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **£25 an hour** on Deftridge.

**£25/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**£18.67/hr** median wage

**£16-25** middle half of wages

**£540** a month at 5 hours a week

## Part-Time Executive Assistant wage percentiles in United Kingdom

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 | £14.43 | £310 | £30,000 |
| 25th | £15.70 | £340 | £32,700 |
| Median | £18.67 | £400 | £38,800 |
| 75th | £24.70 | £540 | £51,400 |
| 90th | £31.52 | £680 | £65,600 |

Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026p; aged to October 2026; about 163,000 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United Kingdom in numbers

What sets the United Kingdom apart for a Part-Time Executive Assistant, from the same sources as the table above.

- **£23.06** highest median wage, London

- **£16.86** lowest median wage, Northern Ireland

- **163,000** people employed in the role

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

- For tax year 2026 to 2027, self-employed Class 4 National Insurance is 6% on profits over £12,570 up to £50,270 and 2% on profits over £50,270. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

- Class 2 National Insurance does not have to be paid: with profits of £7,105 or more it is treated as paid; below that, voluntary Class 2 is £3.65 a week for 2026 to 2027. [Source](https://www.gov.uk/self-employed-national-insurance-rates)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Part-Time Executive Assistant in the United Kingdom 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 (country floor) | £23 | £500 |
| Senior | £25 | £540 |

- Regular role **£25**

- One-off task **£30**

- Task bundle **£30**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the United Kingdom floor of £23 applies instead.

## Part-Time Executive Assistant pay by region in United Kingdom

Typical contractor rate for a senior Part-Time Executive Assistant, highest first; 9 of 12 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| London | £23.06 | £35 |
| South West | £19.60 | £30 |
| East of England | £19.30 | £30 |
| South East | £19.04 | £30 |
| West Midlands | £18.97 | £30 |
| Wales | £18.56 | £25 |
| North West | £18.50 | £25 |
| East Midlands | £18.50 | £25 |
| Scotland | £18.43 | £25 |

## 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.

[Part-Time Executive Assistant rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/part-time-executive-assistant/) · [Part-Time Executive Assistant jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/part-time-executive-assistant/united-kingdom/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
