A big increase in the number of secretarial/admin jobs paying £50k+

Listen up! There’s a big increase in the number of secretarial/admin jobs paying £50k plus – a 200% increase in fact in 2015 compared to 2014:

Tiger Recruitment, the leading recruitment consultancy specialising in the secretarial and administrative sectors, have published their 2016 salary survey.

Key information and market overview of the report is summarised below:

·        5-15% increase in salary levels in 2015

·        5% increase in salary levels expected for 2016

·        Temp rates remained broadly static in 2015 and we expect these to increase in 2016 in line with supply and demand

·        Candidate market conditions becoming stronger as predicted

·        In 2015, Candidates at all levels moved at between 5-10% increase in current salary

·        In the last 6 months, this has been at an average of 8% increase in current salary

·        Most entry level secretarial/admin jobs paying £25k. The highest level we have seen

·        Over 80% of our Clients are giving their staff 25 days a year holiday, excluding bank holidays

·        Bonus level expectations are set to be higher in 2016 than 2015

·        Experienced Team Assistants in financial services are expecting £40-45k as opposed to £35-40k

·        A big increase in the number of secretarial/admin jobs paying £50k+. A 200% increase in fact in 2015 compared to 2014

·        Tiger placed double the number of temps in 2015 than in 2014 – over 1000 over the course of the year

·        Tiger saw an increase of 25% in new permanent jobs registered with us in 2015 versus 2014

·        58% of Candidates who registered with Tiger last year had a degree. This compares to 57% last year so little change