Average starting salaries in south hit two-year low
The travel recruitment market eased in October with average salaries for a new job in travel falling by 4.38% to stand at £26,011.
However, the average salary is 6.88% above the figure from October 2016, according to the latest Travel Survey Index from C&M Travel Recruitment and C&M Executive Recruitment.
There were similar results for standard travel jobs (those paying below £40,000), with wages dipping by 2.59% from September to reach their lowest figure since March, but remaining 6.43% above the level from last October.
Across the country, it was a strong month for new travel jobs in the north of the UK, with wages rising by 4.34% to £22,058, while salaries fell in the south to their lowest level since August 2015.
C&M director Barbara Kolosinska said: "After September saw travel wages reach their highest point in four and a half years and increase to a near record, we have seen them ease back in October.
"However, salaries are still up 6.88% year-on-year with the current travel recruitment market remaining incredibly attractive to job seekers."
October was a slower month for the travel recruitment market than September, but activity levels remained up annually. The number of candidates registering for new travel jobs fell by 15% in the month, but rose by 44% from October 2016, while vacancies dipped by 15% from September 2017 but increased by 5% from last October.
"Despite the monthly dip in October, activity levels in the travel jobs market remain way up compared to last year," said Kolosinska.
"In fact, year-on-year, we’ve seen the number of new candidates rise for the last 12 months in a row and the number of new vacancies rise for the last 10 months in a row. The market really is busy right now, with an abundance of great opportunities for quality applicants."
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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