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From £150k, but probably a lot more in the big places. I can easily imagine 200-250k if not more.
According to the below in Digital + Creative Strategy:
£150k
https://salarybenchmarking.majorplayers.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR3eqine03Vzq3zrL4cTq1sFCG7NYuehQ7EUnftI-llTqfWByOo7SF8Ny6w
https://oliver-dev.s3.amazonaws.com/k05ut0edmouv4xyu5d79u7i8gnjz?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22SalarySurvey_2022_Digital_Copy.pdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27SalarySurvey_2022_Digital_Copy.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIXPGQUY26ZFKX4GA%2F20221209%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20221209T221837Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=d2bb52cf5684de29f74ac9fc0dfdd5b36d731a60b1df82d83ade6aefeea62610
These estimates mentioned are very low.
Depends on level of experience.
£250,000 would be the minimum at a network agency in London.
If they’re a career-CSO (there’s a few) and they’ve had 2-3 CSO jobs, then I reckon around £300,000. Plus benefits, expenses and a bonus.
A 2017 salary survey by Campaign showed that CSO salaries varied from £180,000-£250,000. This has increased since then.
Do bear in mind there’s bigger money to be made.
In holding companies, you’ll have Global Strategy Leads for tentpole clients and obviously regional + global CSOs who make more than what I’ve quoted.
Strategy Directors in London seem to make anywhere from £80k-£110k.