Interim chief growth officer salary · pro-rata, 2026
What an interim chief growth officer earns · pro-rata of the permanent salary
No independent UK source publishes an interim chief growth officer day rate.
The figures here are the permanent chief growth officer salary from Ultimate Asset’s 2026 survey spread across working days — our arithmetic, a pro-rata floor for comparison, not a market rate.
Ultimate Asset puts the permanent salary at £130,000–£220,000, with a median of £160,000.
Divided by 220 working days, the median comes to about £730 a day (our arithmetic).
An interim chief growth officer salary is whatever the days billed add up to.
When you hire an interim chief growth officer through us, we send a shortlist of 3–5, each with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
How a brief runswhat we undertake
- 01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
- 02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
- 03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
- 04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
- 05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief
Shortlist3–5
15 minutes · video or phone
Book 15 minutes to hire an interim chief growth officer
Tell us the scope and the days a week. We come back with Interim Chief Growth Officer candidates, their day rates and availability.
- 0115 minutes, video or phone
- 02We scope the role and the days a week
- 03A shortlist of 3–5 after the call
- 04Fractional, interim and permanent briefs
Pick a day that suits · live availability
On the board · last 3 months
Interim Chief growth officer jobs on the board
No Interim Chief growth officer roles on the board right now.
We only show real vacancies from the last three months, each marked whether we could confirm it is still open — we never pad the board. New Interim Chief growth officer roles appear here as our pipeline finds them.
Interim growth roles on the board
Fractional recruiting starts with the brief, not the CV pile. Send a Interim Chief Growth Officer brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five candidates, each through five-stage vetting.
01/ the role
How an interim chief growth officer is paid, and why we show a pro-rata figure
An interim chief growth officer holds the growth seat full-time for a defined period: a departure, a relaunch, a push into a new market or the run-up to a sale.
The interim invoices the business for the days worked.
There is no salary, employer pension or paid holiday behind the rate.
We looked for an independent UK source that publishes an interim day rate for the seat.
We found none.
So the seat’s own figures here start from its verified permanent salary: Ultimate Asset’s 2026 survey of UK emerging-media businesses puts a chief growth officer at £130,000–£220,000, with a median of £160,000.
For the wider interim market, the Institute of Interim Management’s 2026 survey covers every function, not growth alone.
It puts the IIM’s average interim day rate at £907, and £1,004 in the private sector.
Its average days billed in a year is 148.
An interim who works through their own company pays themselves through salary and dividends from what the company earns.
The day rate is the company’s income, not the interim’s take-home pay.
02/ scope
What to check when you hire an interim chief growth officer
1. Compare the quotes you receive
The real figure is the quote.
Ask each candidate for the day rate, the days a week, the expected length of the assignment and the notice on each side.
Then set the quote beside the pro-rata figures below.
2. Decide IR35 status at the start
Status is decided by how the engagement runs, not by the title or the contract alone.
Under the off-payroll working rules (IR35), a medium or large client makes the status determination and gives the interim its reasons.
HMRC sets out which clients count as medium or large, and its CEST tool gives its view on one engagement.
3. Check VAT and what the rate leaves out
If the interim’s company is registered for VAT, VAT is added to each invoice.
A day rate carries no holiday pay, benefits or employer pension.
Those come with employment: an employer pays into a workplace pension for an enrolled employee.
4. Match the record to the mandate
Ask for outcomes from comparable assignments: the number on arrival and on exit, and what changed in marketing, sales and product.
Membership of the Chartered Institute of Marketing or the Institute of Sales Professionals is one signal among several.
What we do on an interim brief
We recruit interim, fractional, part-time, temporary and permanent growth leaders, and non-executive directors.
We send a shortlist of 3–5, each with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, and every candidate goes through our five-stage vetting first.
03/ the route
Fractional, interim or permanent?
Four taps. The answer names the route for the seat and the page that covers it.
The route · Fractional
A fractional chief growth officer.The work fills part of the week, so buy the days it needs.
A fractional chief growth officer holds the seat on agreed days for as long as the seat is needed, and works for other clients on the rest.
The route · Interim
An interim chief growth officer.The work fills the week, and it has an end: a programme, a cover, a transaction.
An interim chief growth officer takes the seat full time for that stretch and hands it over when it is done.
The route · Interim, then permanent
Interim now, a permanent chief growth officer after.The seat is full time and long term, and the need is now.
An interim chief growth officer holds it while the permanent search runs, so the seat is not left empty.
The route · Permanent
A permanent chief growth officer.A full-time seat that sits at the table for years is a permanent hire.
There is time to run a search, so run one.
04/ rates by stage
Interim chief growth officer salary pro-rata, our arithmetic
Our arithmetic, not a market rate. Each row starts from Ultimate Asset’s 2026 permanent chief growth officer salary (UK emerging media, 2025–2026). The day equivalent is the salary ÷ 220 working days, rounded to the nearest £10. The last column multiplies it by 148 days, the IIM’s average days billed in a year across all interim functions (IIM survey, 2026). 220 days is our assumption.
05/ economics
A day rate is not a salary: what sits outside it
An interim carries the gaps between assignments, their own pension, holidays and insurance.
All of it comes out of the days billed.
That is why the IIM measures days billed, not days in a year.
Employment status for tax and for employment law can differ.
HMRC may treat someone as self-employed for tax purposes even if they have a different status in employment law.
Our IR35 guide sets out the tests.
06/ vetting
How we vet interim chief growth officers
What we undertake on every brief, before a candidate reaches you.
- 01
Qualification screen
Verify Interim Chief Growth Officer 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
07/ the method
How we work the interim figures, step by step
Start from the permanent salary: £130,000, £160,000 and £220,000 are Ultimate Asset’s lowest, median and highest figures for a chief growth officer.
Divide each by 220 working days and round to the nearest £10.
That gives £590, £730 and £1,000 a day (our arithmetic).
Then multiply by 148 days, the IIM’s average days billed in a year across all interim functions.
At the £730 median day equivalent, that comes to £108,040 (our arithmetic).
At the lowest and highest permanent figures it is £87,320 and £148,000.
These are a floor for comparison.
They are not what an interim chief growth officer charges, and no source we can cite says what that is.
The quotes you receive are the market.
08/ the other routes
Interim, permanent or fractional: which pay basis fits
Interim cover buys a full-time growth leader for a fixed period.
A permanent hire is paid a salary and package; see chief growth officer salary.
If the work fits into part of the week, see fractional chief growth officer salary.
If the gap sits one level down, see interim head of growth salary.
Growth roles on the board are on fractional chief growth officer jobs.
09/ questions
Interim chief growth officer salary FAQ
The questions people ask before bringing in an interim chief growth officer.
Book 15 minutes · shortlist of 3–5
Bring the brief. We architect the team.
A shortlist of 3–5 with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.
