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2026 Salary Survey: Charity CEO salaries and executive trends


How much can charity CEOs expect to earn in 2026? It's a big question, but if anyone knows, it's the hugely experienced specialists of our Executive Search team, and here's what they had to say about the current market in our 2026 Salary Survey.


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Are two CEOs better than one for charities?


With a growing number of charities now being led by co-CEOs, Nicola Greenbrook explores the rise and potential benefits of the co-leadership model.


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How to handle competency-based interviews: part 2


In part two of our guide, Jenny Hills looks at what to say when you don't have the competency in question, and how to bring out your personality, values and vision for the future, even if the questions focus firmly on your past...


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2025 Salary Survey: Charity CEO salaries and executive trends


How much do charity CEOs earn? Factors like the size/complexity of the charity, its annual income, and the scale of the challenge facing the incoming CEO play a part, but here's what our Executive Search specialists had to say in our 2025 Salary Survey.


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2024 Salary Survey: CEO salaries and executive trends


What are charity chief executives really getting paid in 2024? If anyone knows, it’s the experts of our Executive Search practice, each of whom has been successfully placing charity leaders and senior executives for well over a decade. 


Here's what they had to say about the market in our 2024 Salary Survey.


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The truth about charity chief executives


Every so often in the press, we're invited to be incandescent about the salaries of charity executives. But is there any truth behind these tabloid tales?


Jenny Hills of Harris Hill Executive Search explains what the majority of charity CEOs are really earning, and why.


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Harris Hill salary survey 2026 graphic with business services and blue role icons
By David Young • October 1, 2026
How's the recruitment market looking for those delivering their organisation’s services and providing essential support in areas like Operations, Admin, Data, HR and Projects? Here's our overview of the current trends from our 2026 Salary Survey.
The Harris Hill salary survey 2026 cover, pink circles for marketing, PR, digital, social media and media roles
By David Young • September 25, 2026
How can charity marketers best survive the current recruitment market, facing tough competition from their own weight of numbers, and now threatened by the electronic assistant to end us all? Here’s what our specialists had to say in the 2026 Harris Hill Salary Survey.
Harris Hill salary survey 2026 graphic with business services and blue role icons
By David Young • October 1, 2026
How's the recruitment market looking for those delivering their organisation’s services and providing essential support in areas like Operations, Admin, Data, HR and Projects? Here's our overview of the current trends from our 2026 Salary Survey.
The Harris Hill salary survey 2026 cover, pink circles for marketing, PR, digital, social media and media roles
By David Young • September 25, 2026
How can charity marketers best survive the current recruitment market, facing tough competition from their own weight of numbers, and now threatened by the electronic assistant to end us all? Here’s what our specialists had to say in the 2026 Harris Hill Salary Survey.
The Harris Poll salary survey 2026 cover with CEO and executive trend graphics on a gray background
By David Young • September 17, 2026
How much can charity CEOs expect to earn in 2026? It's a big question, but if anyone knows, it's the hugely experienced specialists of our Executive Search team, and here's what they had to say about the current market in our 2026 Salary Survey.