Jobs in London

London at a glance

• 2,501 live London roles, from 1,071 employers
• Median advertised salary: £34,359 across 1,535 roles that publish a figure
• Average advertised salary: £42,814, with the highest at £400,000
• 2,354 paid roles, 97 internships and apprenticeships, 50 volunteer positions
• Free for candidates, with no agency in between
• Figures counted live from the index on 18 October 2026

What counts as a job in London

London is not one job market but several sitting on top of each other. The City and Canary Wharf carry finance and professional services. Westminster and the surrounding boroughs hold central government. The NHS trusts, councils and universities employ across every borough, and the charity sector runs a head office presence far larger than its size elsewhere in Britain. A search for jobs in London returns all of them at once, which is why filtering matters more here than anywhere else in the UK.

The practical consequence is that the same job title pays differently depending on which of those markets it sits in. A finance officer in a charity and a finance officer in a bank do comparable work for materially different money, and the advert rarely spells that out. The salary figures below are taken from what employers actually published, not from a survey.

What jobs in London actually pay

Of the 2,501 live London roles, 1,535 publish a salary. The median is £34,359 and the average is £42,814. Trust the median: a handful of senior roles reaching £400,000 drag the average well above what most people will be offered.

• Under £25,000 — 143 roles. See these London jobs
• £25,000 to £35,000 — 634 roles. See these London jobs
• £35,000 to £50,000 — 377 roles. See these London jobs
• £50,000 to £75,000 — 249 roles. See these London jobs
• £75,000 and above — 132 roles. See these London jobs

London weighting is real but it is not free money. A role paying 15 per cent more than its Manchester equivalent can still leave you worse off once rent and travel are counted. Compare the offer against the commute you will actually make, not the one on the map.

London jobs by contract type

How London hiring splits across contract types right now:

• Permanent — 1,909 roles. Browse permanent roles
• Part-time — 251 roles. Browse part-time roles
• Contract — 203 roles. Browse contract roles
• Voluntary — 50 roles. Browse voluntary roles
• Internship — 48 roles. Browse internship roles
• Temporary — 40 roles. Browse temporary roles

Jobs in London by role

The most common role families in the London listings, counted from live job titles:

Manager (365) Assistant (235) Officer (118) Analyst (106) Support (86) Advisor (62) HR (52) Coordinator (42) Project (41) Nurse (37) Administrator (36) Finance (30)

London vacancies by area

Where the current openings are physically based, grouped by postcode district:

London (1627) London Borough of Newham (22) London SE1 (21) London Borough of Islington (19) London Borough of Havering (17) London NW1 (16) East London (15) London Borough of Waltham Forest (15) London Borough of Lewisham (14) London (Greater) (12) London W1K (11) London Borough of Sutton (10)

Adding a radius to any London search orders results by real distance from where you are, and if nothing sits inside it you get the nearest roles rather than an empty page.

Who is hiring in London right now

The employers with the most live London vacancies on CorporateJob today:

• The Army — 74 live roles. See their London jobs
• Transport for London — 48 live roles. See their London jobs
• J D Wetherspoon plc — 39 live roles. See their London jobs
• SThree — 34 live roles. See their London jobs
• EY — 29 live roles. See their London jobs
• Mitie — 27 live roles. See their London jobs
• Lift Schools — 21 live roles. See their London jobs
• London and Quadrant Housing Trust — 17 live roles. See their London jobs

Public sector and NHS employers dominate this list, and they hire on published criteria. Answer each essential criterion in their own words and in their own order, because a scorer who cannot find the evidence will not go looking for it.

How to apply for jobs in London

1. Filter before you read. Set the job type and salary floor first. It removes most of the noise in a market this size and leaves a list you can actually work through.
2. Mirror the advert’s language. If it says stakeholder management, write stakeholder management. First-pass screening looks for the employer’s own phrases, not synonyms.
3. Apply early. Most London vacancies are filled from the first wave of applications. A good application sent on day two beats a polished one sent on day ten.
4. Apply direct. Every listing here points at the employer’s own form wherever one exists, so your application reaches the hiring team rather than an agency database.
5. Set an alert instead of refreshing. Save the search and new London roles reach you the day they appear — set up job alerts.

Jobs in London: questions and answers

How many jobs in London are available right now?

There are 2,501 live jobs in London on CorporateJob today, advertised by 1,071 separate employers. That figure is counted from the live index each time this page loads, so it reflects what is genuinely open rather than a number typed in months ago. Closed roles are removed rather than left to pad the total.

What is the average salary for jobs in London?

Across the 1,535 London jobs that publish a figure, the median advertised salary is £34,359 and the average is £42,814. The median is the more honest guide, because a small number of senior roles paying up to £400,000 pull the average upwards. London salaries typically run 10 to 20 per cent above the equivalent role elsewhere in the UK, though housing costs absorb most of that gap.

Do I need experience to get a job in London?

Not for every role. Of the live London roles listed here, 97 are internships or apprenticeships and 50 are volunteer positions, both of which are designed for people without a track record. Entry-level titles such as administrator, assistant and coordinator also hire on reliability and written communication rather than years served.

Are these London jobs remote or office based?

The large majority are office based, because London employers advertising a London location usually want someone in the building at least part of the week. Hybrid arrangements are common in practice even where the advert does not say so, and it is a reasonable question to ask at the first interview rather than in the application.

How do I apply for jobs in London without going through an agency?

Open any listing and choose Apply now. CorporateJob sends you to the employer's own application page wherever one exists, so your application reaches the hiring team directly instead of a recruitment agency database. Applying direct also means the employer is not paying a placement fee, which quietly works in your favour.

Is CorporateJob free for candidates looking for work in London?

Yes. Searching, saving roles, setting up alerts and applying are all free, and always will be. CorporateJob is paid for by employers who advertise, never by the people applying.

Looking beyond London

London pays more and costs more. If you are weighing it against somewhere else, compare the same role in another city before committing:

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