{"name":"UK fractional executive day rates","edition":"2026-Q3","updated":"2026-09-14","publisher":"getoperators","source":"https://getoperators.co/day-rates","licence":"Free to reuse and republish with attribution to getoperators.co","method":"Day-rate bands for eleven fractional leadership seats in the UK. Compiled from the rates set by operators listed on the getoperators bench, rates quoted to us during Operator Search briefs, and published UK market rates for the equivalent seats. These are bands, not survey means: see the methodology note at https://getoperators.co/day-rates for what that does and does not support.","seats":11,"rates":[{"seat":"cfo","title":"Chief Financial Officer","day_rate_low_gbp":800,"day_rate_high_gbp":1500,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for fundraise or exit work, and for regulated sectors.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":140000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"cmo","title":"Chief Marketing Officer","day_rate_low_gbp":700,"day_rate_high_gbp":1300,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for category creation, rebrands and full funnel rebuilds.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":130000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"cto","title":"Chief Technology Officer","day_rate_low_gbp":800,"day_rate_high_gbp":1400,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for regulated sectors, AI systems and technical due diligence.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":145000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"coo","title":"Chief Operating Officer","day_rate_low_gbp":700,"day_rate_high_gbp":1300,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for turnarounds, scale-ups past 50 people and multi-site operations.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":130000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"sales-director","title":"Sales Director or CRO","day_rate_low_gbp":700,"day_rate_high_gbp":1300,"higher_end_applies_for":"Often part fixed fee, part performance-linked. Agree the structure in writing before starting.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":120000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"growth","title":"Head of Growth","day_rate_low_gbp":600,"day_rate_high_gbp":1100,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for marketplaces, subscription products and anything with a complex funnel.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":95000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"product","title":"Chief Product Officer","day_rate_low_gbp":700,"day_rate_high_gbp":1200,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for complex B2B products and platform or API work.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":115000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"people","title":"Chief People Officer","day_rate_low_gbp":600,"day_rate_high_gbp":1100,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for scale-ups hiring at pace and for TUPE, restructures or redundancy work.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":95000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"ciso","title":"Chief Information Security Officer","day_rate_low_gbp":900,"day_rate_high_gbp":1500,"higher_end_applies_for":"Among the highest fractional rates, driven by certification work and regulated sectors.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":140000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"data","title":"Head of Data","day_rate_low_gbp":700,"day_rate_high_gbp":1200,"higher_end_applies_for":"Higher end for machine learning and AI strategy work as well as pipeline building.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":110000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"},{"seat":"general-counsel","title":"General Counsel","day_rate_low_gbp":800,"day_rate_high_gbp":1400,"higher_end_applies_for":"Still materially below partner-level law firm rates for equivalent seniority.","typical_days_per_week":"1-3","full_time_salary_assumption_gbp":135000,"currency":"GBP","country":"GB"}]}