According to my friends over at recruitment website Allthetopbananas.com, the average advertised salary in the UK has dropped by £9,500 since October. Gulp! The area with the highest average advertised salary is, unsurprisingly, London at £38,504 and the lowest is East Midland at £25,954. The drop does come after 12 months of solid growth, so people did expect to see things leveling off, but a drop like that means I’ll be forced to put the lock back on the drinks cabinet. After all, with more people competing for jobs, would you argue over a petty £10k?!
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