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Salaries boost for travel industry
Travel industry salaries, vacancies and candidate numbers all rose in May, making it the best month since the start of 2013.
According to the latest figures from C&M Travel Recruitment and Chisholm & Moore Executive Recruitment., average salaries jumped by 5.7% to £25,214.
"May was a hugely encouraging month for the travel recruitment market with salaries rising at their fastest pace since the start of 2013," said sales director Barbara Kolosinska..
"This was down to consistent salary increases across a wide range of jobs in the sector as well as a large rise in the number of senior and executive travel roles, but perhaps most impressive was the strong increase in salaries for standard travel jobs – particularly in the Midlands and North of England."
May also saw double figure percentage increases in both the number of new candidates registering for roles and the amount of jobs being made available, although both remain down annually.
"Despite many stories in the press about the lack of candidates applying for jobs in recent months, at C&M we actually saw an increase in applicants in May," said Kolosinska.
"However, the number of candidates remains down compared to last year meaning that now is still a great time for people to see which travel jobs are available and take advantage of the lack of competition."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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