2009 Salary Benchmarking By Job
The chart below shows the average salary per each of these most popular Job Titles in 2008 and 2009. At least 100 responses for each job were received, ranging up to around 1,500 for the most popular job title. This, together with the removal of clearly anomalous data, should result in these figures offering a good representation of the current UK salary situation and climate, however no guarantee can be made.
These results show the average salary inflation per job in the UK from 2008 to 2009 is a change of +3.96%, however more meaning may be derived on a job-by-job basis as the increase or decrease varies from sector to sector and job to job, as itemised below:
| Job Title | 09 Salary Average (£) | 08 Salary Average (£) | Percentage change |
| account executive | 25,452 | 21,762 | 17% |
| account manager | 31,593 | 27,514 | 15% |
| accountant | 36,286 | 30,879 | 18% |
| accounts assistant | 18,822 | 17,801 | 6% |
| administrator | 18,124 | 16,994 | 7% |
| analyst | 36,645 | 29,889 | 23% |
| architect | 39,635 | 36,121 | 10% |
| assistant manager | 24,382 | 40,993 | -41% |
| associate | 45,147 | 92,980 | -51% |
| barrister | 53,117 | 40,858 | 30% |
| business analyst | 36,869 | 35,751 | 3% |
| business development manager | 38,900 | 45,822 | -15% |
| buyer | 30,293 | 26,308 | 15% |
| consultant | 46,409 | 49,382 | -6% |
| dentist | 58,583 | 76,000 | -23% |
| design engineer | 29,028 | 27,593 | 5% |
| designer | 29,531 | 25,135 | 17% |
| developer | 34,685 | 37,700 | -8% |
| director | 68,311 | 69,833 | -2% |
| doctor | 53,623 | 50,969 | 5% |
| electrician | 31,701 | 24,697 | 28% |
| engineer | 36,017 | 33,407 | 8% |
| finance manager | 40,304 | 39,787 | 1% |
| financial controller | 47,914 | 40,969 | 17% |
| general manager | 44,075 | 39,075 | 13% |
| gp | 63,688 | 68,858 | -8% |
| graduate | 24,956 | 22,500 | 11% |
| graphic designer | 23,050 | 20,997 | 10% |
| hr manager | 35,853 | 31,227 | 15% |
| it manager | 40,079 | 38,944 | 3% |
| lawyer | 50,141 | 46,072 | 9% |
| lecturer | 35,264 | 32,091 | 10% |
| management accountant | 32,178 | 30,264 | 6% |
| manager | 39,477 | 38,079 | 4% |
| managing director | 74,500 | 85,728 | -13% |
| marketing assistant | 20,744 | 19,173 | 8% |
| marketing executive | 24,088 | 26,959 | -11% |
| marketing manager | 36,691 | 33,935 | 8% |
| nurse | 31,483 | 24,672 | 28% |
| office manager | 23,054 | 23,254 | -1% |
| operations director | 56,420 | 64,000 | -12% |
| operations manager | 38,904 | 34,070 | 14% |
| pa | 24,684 | 26,168 | -6% |
| personal assistant | 23,767 | 21,593 | 10% |
| pharmacist | 38,260 | 39,616 | -3% |
| pilot | 60,232 | 51,000 | 18% |
| product manager | 42,143 | 34,744 | 21% |
| production manager | 34,635 | 28,889 | 20% |
| programmer | 32,079 | 32,100 | 0% |
| project engineer | 32,659 | 31,950 | 2% |
| project manager | 42,210 | 39,436 | 7% |
| quantity surveyor | 32,382 | 32,453 | 0% |
| receptionist | 17,668 | 16,340 | 8% |
| recruitment consultant | 24,719 | 23,004 | 7% |
| researcher | 30,762 | 28,696 | 7% |
| sales | 34,287 | 28,388 | 21% |
| sales assistant | 18,030 | 17,858 | 1% |
| sales director | 70,477 | 59,072 | 19% |
| sales executive | 29,283 | 30,380 | -4% |
| sales manager | 39,739 | 41,417 | -4% |
| secretary | 19,076 | 20,999 | -9% |
| senior consultant | 48,992 | 45,040 | 9% |
| senior engineer | 39,464 | 36,025 | 10% |
| senior manager | 62,281 | 68,920 | -10% |
| software developer | 34,584 | 39,924 | -13% |
| software engineer | 33,520 | 33,802 | -1% |
| solicitor | 39,334 | 35,363 | 11% |
| store manager | 27,059 | 24,415 | 11% |
| supervisor | 25,721 | 21,040 | 22% |
| teacher | 30,889 | 39,393 | -22% |
| team leader | 29,229 | 26,152 | 12% |
| technician | 24,647 | 37,188 | -34% |
| web designer | 25,900 | 20,437 | 27% |
| web developer | 26,419 | 31,849 | -17% |
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