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I also
don't believe these statistics. Where is the raw data published?
With kind regards
Clint Westwood
Surprise surprise
A recruitment agency claims that salaries are rising. Presumably for the people that THEY place in jobs?
Where can I find a large pinch of salt?
love the stats....
just shows what you can do with numbers if you want it to show something in a particular light.
I am reasonably confident that the basic salary and respective pay increase for the average accountant in a small to medium size firm is worlds away from the headline details reported above...
Unqualified
One of my members of staff quoted a recruitment agency who has stated that they are placing part qualified staff in £26-£30k positions!!
Yeah right..??!
Mode rather than mean
Sheer ambiguity of the term 'Accountant' aside, like others have said. Stating the mean salary is meaningless (har har)
7 Figure big four partners and FTSE FD's skewering the stats again :)
Be interesting to see an report using mode averaging, to see what salary range the majority of Accountants of various types were on.
@nmprobinson.....what chance that once the job
has been secured the part qualified person is then told that the salary is actually £20k (or less) due to the experience etc of the individual......
Exactly...
It doesn't help us as employers keep staff happy though. These kind of reports simply make their eyes wander!!
did have a wee chuckle to myself reading the article........
whilst frantically trying to find the Marks Sattin vacancies page.
As you guys have already said, meaningless without far far more detail.
nice thought though :)
Re Unqualified
Or the £26k to £30k quoted is the total package including a (non-contractual) bonus (which doesn't materialise), study package (including the cost of extra study leave which then can't be taken due to workloads), pension contribution (only payable if the employee makes the same contribution) ...
So the gross salary is only circa £20k or less!
I'm guessing this article was "sponsored" by the recruitment agencies who are now looking forward to a huge increase in applicants keen to get their share of the pie?
Personally I cannot see most small firms being able to compete with these salaries as it would mean the partners going without their share, and that is the most unlikely event! ;)