January was the busiest month in the last five years for recruitment firm C&M.
Its data showed more travel jobs were made available during January than at any point in at least the last five years.
The total was the highest figure ever seen in C&M Travel Recruitment and C&M Executive Recruitment’s Travel Salary Index and was up 225% from December 2016, the biggest monthly increase on record.
In addition, the number of new jobs was also up 55% compared to last January.
New candidate registrations were also strong, with January recording the highest number of new jobseekers since October 2015, with the month’s total increasing by 39% from January 2016.
“January is always a busy month for travel recruitment, but January 2017 was exceptional,” said director Barbara Kolosinska.
Salaries for new travel jobs were £25,777, down by 3.43% from January 2016 but above the 2016 average figure.
There was a marginal rise of 1.31% in salaries for standard travel jobs (those paying up to £40,000).
But there was a notable fall in wages for northern travel jobs, with pay falling back to its lowest point since March 2014.
