“most important job factor... work/life balance”

Respondents considered the most important job factor to be ‘work/life balance’ with 34.4% of the total vote. This was followed by ‘job satisfaction’ and ‘money’ with 26.4% and 12.8% respectively. The remaining three factors of ‘intellectual challenge’, ‘respect’ and ‘making a difference’ combined made up just over a quarter of all respondents.

Interestingly, ‘money’ was also in the top three least important factors with 21.3% of the vote being topped only by ‘intellectual challenge’ with 24.6%. ‘Respect’ and ‘making a difference’ were joint third with 19.1% and the remaining two factors of work/life balance and job satisfaction making up 15.9% of the surveyed respondents when combined.

The highest average salary when compared with job title was the regional or global head which was understandable given the extent of responsibilities. For the most part the sliding decline from regional or global head to entry level role was expected with the exception of the principal role (£65,356) being slightly higher than the manager role (£62,190) and the lowest average salary per job title being the team leader

Regional or Global Head (supervisory responsibility over more than one department, region or country)

Head of Department (supervisory responsibility over an entire team within department)

Manager (managerial responsibility over an entire team within department)

Team Leader (limited managerial and greater supervisory responsibility within department)

Principal (no managerial responsibility but greater supervisory responsibility or expert role within department)

Senior (no managerial but some supervisory responsibility or expert role within department)

(£36,968). It was surprising to see that the team leader average salary was lower than the average salary for the entry level role (£41,536) given that a team leader has some managerial or authoritative responsibilities. However, as an apparent anomaly, it is difficult to interpret further as there were a low number of respondents identifying as team leaders (3.42%) and the title of ‘Team Leader’ is subjective.

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AVERAGE SALARY (£) PER JOB TITLE AVERAGE SALARY (£) PER GENDER

It was welcoming to see the average salary between males and females virtually equal with £64,859 and £66,467, respectively. The average salary for those respondents who preferred not to provide a gender is lower at £55,784 and this may have been due to the very low number of respondents in this category.

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Although nearly a quarter of all respondents felt their salary was ‘average’, the overall majority of respondents rated their salary (54.29%) and package as a whole (64.08%) above average. The most chosen score for the package as a whole was ‘8’ with 19.42%. At the other end of the scale, of the 19 respondents who rated their overall package below average, 53% were looking to either leave their role or company in the next year.