City wages up as UK recovery boosts hiring August 3, 2014 Salaries in the finance sector are rising at more than seven times the national average, according to a survey of recruiters published today. Engineers and IT professionals are also in high demand, the study from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCO) shows. Overall, recruiters have 20 per cent more jobs on their books than they did [...]
UK employment in graphs: Unemployment rate falls again but no boost in real wages July 16, 2014 The UK labour market continues its recovery, with today's figures showing the unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since late 2008. As today's figures from the Office of National Statistics show, the employment rate continued to surge, reaching 73.1 per cent for the three months to May. This is slightly higher than the pre-downturn [...]
Chief executives earn almost 180 times the UK’s average salary July 14, 2014 The average annual salary of a top chief executive is now almost 180 times greater than the average annual salary for the UK, according to a report by the think tank High Pay Centre. Called Reform Agenda: How to make top pay fairer, it uses data from Manifest aand the Office for National Statistics [...]
Salaries slump further than UK officials believe July 9, 2014 The squeeze on British earnings since the financial crisis could be even worse than official figures indicate, according to a concerning report released this morning. The Resolution Foundation suggests that official measures underestimate the slump in real incomes since 2008 by a fifth, since they do not take into account the boom in self-employed [...]
Massive surge in salary increases contradicts government figures July 7, 2014 New salaries are surging, according to a major survey of recruiters, clashing with the government’s official measure of wage growth and providing an uncertain signal on when interest rates will start to rise. The latest figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG’s survey show starting salaries climbing at the fastest pace in [...]
Job openings rise by 25 pc, but salaries stagnant July 2, 2014 The last six months may have seen a significant rise in the number of jobs created, if figures from job site Reed are anything to go by. Reed is reporting a 25 per cent year-on-year rise in the number of vacancies across its platform in the six months to 30 June. The increase in jobs [...]
More than 330 Bank of England staffers are paid £100k or more. Here’s how their salaries break down June 17, 2014 Central banking may be more lucrative than you think. According to the Bank of England's 2014 annual report, hundreds of staff are on six-figure salaries. The Bank's most well known names all seem to make the list. Bank governor Mark Carney is on annual salary of £320,000, with a total remuneration package of £586,010. Including [...]
RBS’ plan to pay bonuses twice that of salaries blocked by UKFI April 25, 2014 RBS has said this morning that the UKFI, the body that manages the government’s 81 per cent stake in it, has confirmed it’d block a proposal which would mean the bank could pay bonuses twice that of employees’ salaries. From the statement: UKFI has informed the Board that it will vote against any resolution which [...]
Mind the salary gap: Piccadilly is richest line April 1, 2014 WHEN someone asks you which Tube line you use, they could be enquiring about more than just how close you get squeezed into other people’s armpits and how frequently you’re serviced with a carriage. They might be able to take a stab at your salary. Recruiting firm Randstad has done the rounds and found out [...]
Balls says bank salaries are a ponzi scheme March 17, 2014 BANKERS are running a “Ponzi scheme” and in a rational world would do the same job for half their current salaries, shadow chancellor Ed Balls said yesterday, calling for the reintroduction of Labour’s bonus tax. His remarks came after the business secretary Vince Cable was quoted in the Observer yesterday saying “I don’t understand why [...]