Creative Director Salary in London

What most creative directors actually earn

Half of creative directors in London earn between £35,469 and £60,961. Earning above £60,961 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Media Professionals” group in London.

Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group

Advertising accounts managers and creative directors

SOC 2020 code

2494

Measure

Gross annual pay, all employees

Edition

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 13.9% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank London against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.

ONS doesn't measure “creative director” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Advertising accounts managers and creative directors”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS group combines advertising accounts managers with creative directors.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.