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Fractional recruiting starts with the brief, not the CV pile. Send a Head of GTM brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five candidates, each through five-stage vetting.

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01/ the role

What the seat is, and why its pay is hard to pin down

A head of GTM (go-to-market) owns how a company finds, wins and keeps customers.

The seat usually takes in sales and often marketing, and sometimes customer success.

For the role in full, see what a head of GTM does.

The title is new and its scope varies from one company to the next.

Salary surveys publish pay by older titles: head of sales, head of growth, sales director.

None that we have found reports a head of GTM line, and the GTM figures we found online cite us or a sister site, which would make them circular.

So we quote none of them.

Official statistics do not fill the gap either.

The ONS groups jobs by occupation code under SOC 2020, and its Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings publishes pay by those codes, not by job title.

The nearest titled evidence is the founding GTM lead: the first commercial hire at an early-stage company.

Job ads under that title carry advertised bands, and those are what this page shows.

02/ scope

How to set the pay for the seat

1. Write down the scope first

List what the seat owns: the sales team, marketing, partnerships, customer success, the pipeline number.

The ISP’s Sales Capability Framework and CIM’s qualification levels describe what is expected of sales and marketing leaders, which helps you say which side the seat leans to.

2. Benchmark against the nearest titled seat

If the scope is mostly sales, compare with head of sales salary.

If it is mostly acquisition and experiments, compare with head of growth salary.

Each of those pages sets out its own sources.

3. Split base, variable and equity in writing

The ads we saw paired a base with equity or a large on-target figure.

Put any commission entitlement in the written statement of employment particulars, as Acas advises.

For share options, check whether the company can offer Enterprise Management Incentives.

What we do on a head of GTM brief

We recruit permanent, fractional, interim, part-time and temporary hires, and non-executive directors.

We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, and every candidate goes through our five-stage vetting first.

Roles on the board are on head of GTM jobs.

03/ the board

What the board holds.

A read of the roles on the board on this page, counted as they stand: how each is engaged, whether the posting gives the days and the rate, and where the work happens.

On this board, last 90 days · 9 roles · fractional executive

Engagement

Fractional9

Seat

CFO3
CHRO1
General counsel1
HRD1
CISO1
Other1
Other seats1

Days a week

Stated in the posting4
Not stated5

Day rate

Verified rate1
Estimated (est)4
Rate not stated4

Work arrangement (as the job feed classifies it)

Remote2
Hybrid5
On-site2

Newest posting on the board: 6 Oct 2026.

Postings per week on this board, last 90 days

9 postings on this board in the last 90 days, counted by the week each was published.

04/ the route

Fractional, interim or permanent?

Four taps. The answer names the route for the seat and the page that covers it.

How much of the week does the work fill?

Is there a fixed end or a programme?

Does the seat sit on the board for years?

Is the need now, or can it wait for a search?

The route · Fractional

A fractional head of GTM.

The work fills part of the week, so buy the days it needs.

A fractional head of GTM holds the seat on agreed days for as long as the seat is needed, and works for other clients on the rest.

The fractional head of GTM route Talk it through

05/ rates by stage

Head of GTM salary the closest published evidence

Advertised bands for founding GTM lead roles, observed in three UK job ads in August 2026. These are what employers advertised under the founding GTM title, not a survey, not a median and not a head of GTM salary. Job ads expire; the bands are as observed on that date.

Job adAdvertised payBasisSource

Founding GTM, London employer£120,000–£150,000 plus equityAdvertised baseUK job ad, observed Aug 2026

Founding GTM£100,000–£110,000Advertised baseUK job ad, observed Aug 2026

Founding GTM, London (a recruiter’s ad)£220,000-plus OTEAdvertised on-target earnings, not baseUK job ad, observed Aug 2026

The three ads together£100,000–£150,000 base · £220,000+ OTE at the topObserved advertised bands; three adsUK job ads, observed Aug 2026

06/ economics

What the salary costs the business, beyond the base

A salary is not the whole cost of an employee.

The employer also pays employer’s National Insurance on earnings above a threshold (HMRC rates and thresholds).

Under automatic enrolment, it must pay into a workplace pension too.

Commission and bonus are pay, so the same costs apply to them.

Budget the seat at its on-target figure, not the base.

If the person runs outbound from day one, agree whose data and lists they will use.

The ICO’s direct marketing guidance sets out the rules for calls, email and texts, including to other businesses.

07/ vetting

How we vet head of GTMs

What we undertake on every brief, before a candidate reaches you.

01
Qualification screen
Verify Head of GTM tenure, sector context and stage fit.
SOURCING
02
Mandate fit
Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.
MATCHING
03
Reference deep-dive
We take references ourselves, from recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.
VERIFY
04
Shortlist
Three to five candidates with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5

08/ the nearest titles

Compared with sales and growth leaders, by link, not by borrowed figures

A head of GTM salary sits somewhere among the seats it overlaps.

We do not copy those seats’ figures here, because the scope differs from company to company.

Read head of sales salary and head of growth salary, then place the seat by what it owns.

The founding GTM ads sit at an early stage.

A later-stage head of GTM, with a team and a known number, may be benchmarked against head of sales pay instead.

09/ equity

Base, variable and equity: how the package is built

One of the three ads paired its base with equity, and another advertised on-target earnings rather than base.

Ask which one a quoted figure is before you compare it.

A qualifying company can grant share options through Enterprise Management Incentives, which carry company and working-time conditions set by HMRC.

Employment law and tax law each have their own employment status tests, which matter if the seat is filled on a day rate rather than a salary.

10/ the other routes

Salary or day rate: the other ways to fill the seat

An interim holds the seat full-time for a fixed period; see interim head of GTM salary.

A fractional leader works agreed days each week; see fractional head of GTM salary.

Both pages spread the founding GTM bands across working days, as our arithmetic, because no day rate for the seat is published.

Roles on the board for each route: fractional head of GTM jobs and interim head of GTM jobs.

11/ questions

Head of GTM salary FAQ

The questions people ask before bringing in a head of GTM.

No survey publishes one. The closest published evidence is the advertised bands for founding GTM lead roles, observed in three UK job ads in August 2026: £100,000–£150,000 base, with £220,000-plus OTE at the top. That is not a survey and not a head of GTM salary.

Not that we have found. Salary surveys report pay by older titles, such as head of sales and head of growth. The GTM figures we found online cite us or a sister site, so we do not quote them.

In three UK job ads observed in August 2026, the advertised bands were £120,000–£150,000 plus equity, £100,000–£110,000, and £220,000-plus OTE. See founding GTM lead for the role.

We compare by link, not by borrowing figures, because the scope varies. If the seat is mostly sales, read head of sales salary; if mostly acquisition, read head of growth salary.

Write down the scope, benchmark against the nearest titled seat, and split base, variable and equity in writing. See hire a head of GTM for the steps.

There is no benchmark for the title. The founding GTM ads we observed advertised £100,000–£150,000 base, before employer’s National Insurance, pension and any commission or equity. We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with pay or day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.

Often at an early stage: one of the three founding GTM ads we observed paired its base with equity. Check whether the company can grant options under Enterprise Management Incentives.

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12/ related

Keep exploring

Adjacent roles and reading.

/head-of-gtm-jobs-hireHead of GTM jobs

The seat in full, roles on the board, and how to hire one.

/what-does-a-head-of-gtm-doWhat does a head of GTM do?

The role, its scope and who it reports to.

/founding-gtm-leadFounding GTM lead

The first commercial hire, and the ads behind this page’s bands.

/interim-head-of-gtm-salaryInterim head of GTM salary

Full-time cover by the day: our arithmetic on the advertised bands.

/fractional-head-of-gtm-salaryFractional head of GTM salary

Part-week pay: our arithmetic on the advertised bands.

/head-of-sales-salaryHead of sales salary

The nearest sales-titled seat, source by source.

How we vet candidatesHead of growth salaryIR35 guideRate calculator

What a head of GTM earns, and why no survey says