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Travel pay defies pandemic as recruitment plummets

Economy
James Chapple
18 February 2021

Rates of pay for new travel jobs largely defied the impact of the coronavirus pandemic last year, but new vacancies fell by nearly three-quarters (74%) as recruitment activity plummeted.

Flash Pack had conversations about employee satisfaction following the pandemic and found secrecy around salaries persisted (Credit: Unsplash)

Salaries for new jobs in travel increased by 0.32% to an average of £28,287 last year, according to C&M Travel Recruitment and C&M Executive Recruitment’s 2020 Travel Salary Index.


It is the sixth year in succession that wages for new travel roles have increased, although the 0.32% rise recorded in 2020 is down from 4.99% in 2019 and 3.16% in 2018.


Average salaries for new jobs in travel paying up to £40,000 also increased for the sixth year in succession this time by 3.69% to £25,863, which compares favourably with the 0.62% increase in 2019 albeit while being down on increases in excess of five percent from 2015 to 2018.