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


