Wages on the Rise

The average salary for a job advertised in the UK over the last 6 months has risen again to £31,969 a Year.

Job search engine www.allthetopbananas.com which analysed 875,560 jobs to produce it's salary index found the average advertised salary has gone up £679 since the salary index was introduced in October.

London stays top of the regions with the highest average advertsied salary at £38,504

West Midlands has moved up a place in the index with our average salary now £29,169

Dave Martin, the MD of www.allthetopbananas.com is quoted: "The salary index has shown there is a definate trend of average advertised salaries increasing across much of the UK. If, as some people predict, confidence in the UK economy cools in the first few months of 2008 it will be interesting to see how that affects advertised salaries."

Paul Alekna of eResponse Recruitment commented that more so than ever businesses recognise the importance of their core staff and as such are now prepared to pay more for the right employee. This, coupled with core industries still suffering with skills shortages, means we are unlikely to see this reduce during 2008.