Survey reveals travel salary trends

A new survey by C&M Recruitment has revealed which travel jobs have seen average salaries rise in the last year, and which have seen salaries drop.

The analysis looked at all roles placed through the agency in the first three months of 2016 compared to the same period the previous year.

It found customer service agents enjoyed the biggest year-on-year jump in salaries, rising 8.27% to £18,009 in the first quarter.

The increase for this position was seen across the UK, with salaries rising by 8.73% in the south to £18,666 and by 7.27% in the north to £17,271.

Salaries also rose for account managers (6.27% to an average of £29,800), operations executives (4.19% to £23,675) and marketing executives (3.17% to £26,000).

Travel consultants also saw a small average salary rise of 0.16% to £15,894.

But average salaries have dropped for business travel consultants, managers, reservations consultants or business development managers.

The average salary for a new business travel consultant job fell by 1.94% to £21,133, although the figure rose by 3.67% in the north to £19,222 and fell by 2.39% in the south to £23,650.

For travel manager positions, salaries fell in the north by 4.32% to £32,475 but rose 0.84% in the south to £35,396.

Overall, the average managerial salary in the first three months of the year was £33,890, a dip of 0.63%.

There were also annual falls for reservations consultants, down 3.57% to £17,567, and business development managers, down 0.33% to £34,500.