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October 10, 2026 | by Michael Monday
City office space costs a median of £547 per desk per month in October 2026, based on 8 priced listings out of 14 in the neighbourhood. The cheapest desk is £435 and the most expensive £626; the middle half of the market sits between £500 and £620. That makes City the 2nd cheapest of the 9 London neighbourhoods with enough priced listings to compare in the London Office Space Price Index.
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WeWork, Fora, Work.Life, Runway East, Huckletree, Uncommon run the 14 spaces listed here. The lowest asking price in the neighbourhood is £435 per desk at 2 Minster Court – WeWork. Every listing is a private office in a serviced or coworking building, priced all-in: furniture, internet, cleaning, reception and meeting rooms are included, and terms run from a few months upward with a month-to-month option after the initial term at most operators.
| Team size | Budget end (25th pct) | Median | Upper quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 desks | £1,000/mo | £1,094/mo | £1,240/mo |
| 5 desks | £2,500/mo | £2,735/mo | £3,100/mo |
| 10 desks | £5,000/mo | £5,470/mo | £6,200/mo |
| 20 desks | £10,000/mo | £10,940/mo | £12,400/mo |
| Neighbourhood | Median /desk/mo | Priced listings |
|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch | £500 | 6 |
| City | £547 | 8 |
| Holborn | £550 | 5 |
| Marylebone | £650 | 3 |
| Southwark | £697 | 8 |
| Soho | £710 | 7 |
| Fitzrovia | £750 | 5 |
| Paddington | £750 | 4 |
| Clerkenwell | £778 | 3 |
City-wide, the London median is £560 per desk, so City runs level with the city.
Based on 79 flexible office listings in London from 7 operators’ own published pages, 64 with an asking price, collected October 2026 by SquareFoot. Prices are per desk per month in GBP, all-in (furnished, internet, meeting rooms, reception). Updated monthly.
The median asking price for a private office in City is £547 per desk per month in October 2026, with listings from £435 to £626. Prices are all-in.
The London median is £560 per desk; City is below it. Shoreditch is the cheapest comparable neighbourhood at £500.
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