How much does a career coach cost in the UK?

Career coach prices in the UK at a glance (2026)

Type of coaching	Typical UK price (2026)	Best for
CV and LinkedIn focused session	£75 – £120 per session	A specific, practical problem
Full career coaching session	£120 – £250 per session	Strategy, interviews, negotiation
Package (3 to 8 sessions)	£400 – £2,000	Career change or relocation
One-off CV or LinkedIn rewrite	£100 – £400	Documents only, no coaching
Executive / leadership coaching	£2,000 and up	Director and board level, often employer-paid

Ranges are indicative, based on advertised UK coaching rates and what we see with clients in 2026. London typically sits at the top of each range; regional coaches at the bottom. HULA offers a free 20-minute consultation before any paid work.

# How much does a career coach cost in the UK? Prices vary more in the UK than almost anywhere in Europe, largely because London pricing distorts the averages. Here is what the market actually looks like. ## The ranges **£75 to £120 per session.** Early career coaches, CV and LinkedIn focused work, regional pricing. Good value if your problem is specific and practical. **£120 to £250 per session.** The core market for experienced coaches doing full career strategy, interview preparation and negotiation. **£400 to £2,000 per package.** Three to eight sessions with materials, documents rewritten and support between sessions. This is where most serious career changes land. **£2,000 and up.** Executive and leadership coaching, often board level, often paid by the employer. **£100 to £400 one off.** CV rewrite or LinkedIn overhaul with no ongoing coaching. ## What changes the price **Seniority.** Coaching a director through a board move is a different job from coaching a graduate into a first role, and the price reflects it. **Whether documents are included.** A rewritten CV and LinkedIn profile takes hours of work outside the session. Packages that include them cost more and usually save you money overall. **London versus the rest.** Expect a 20 to 40 percent premium for London based coaches, even when the work is online. **Specialisation.** Coaches who work with a specific niche, such as international candidates needing sponsorship, price higher because the advice is not generic. ## When it is worth paying It is worth it when the problem is strategy, positioning or confidence, and not qualifications. Concretely, when you are getting interviews but no offers, when you have strong experience but no interviews at all, when you are changing sector and your story does not connect, or when you are negotiating and have no idea what to ask for. One successful salary negotiation usually covers a full package several times over. So does cutting three months off a job search. It is not worth it when what you need is a licence, a certification or a portfolio. No coach substitutes for a missing credential, and a good one will tell you that in the first call. ## How to judge a coach before paying **Take the free consultation seriously.** A real one diagnoses what is going wrong and gives you two or three concrete fixes. If it is thirty minutes of sales, you have your answer. **Ask what they will not do.** Honest coaches have limits. Anyone who promises a job is selling something else. **Ask about their market.** If you need UK sponsorship, a coach who has never handled a Skilled Worker conversation will cost you time. **Ask for the shape of the work.** Sessions, documents, and what happens between sessions. Vagueness here usually means vagueness later. ## Is your employer paying? Many UK employers fund coaching from learning and development budgets, and outplacement coaching is standard in redundancy packages. Ask before you pay yourself. It is one of the most common missed opportunities we see. ## What we charge We start with a genuinely free 30 minute consultation, and you see the plan before paying anything. If you want to test the value first without talking to anyone, run your CV through our [free CV analysis](/cv-analysis) or download the [free UK templates](/cv-templates). For UK specific work, our [career coaching UK page](/career-coaching-uk) sets out what the sessions cover. If you are also dealing with visa questions, read the [Skilled Worker visa guide](/skilled-worker-visa-uk) first so the coaching time goes on strategy rather than basics.