Money talks | UK salaries set to soar in 2019

UK professionals can expect to receive an extra £20 per week due to salary increases in 2019 – that’s double the increase received in 2018, according to the latest Salary Trends Report by ECA International.

Rising wages often indicate that employers are struggling to fill all their vacancies, so subsequently are boosting their offerings to both attract new talent and keep their current staff where they are.

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The rises mean the average employee can expect to see a raise of about 0.8%. This is following a better than expected salary increase for UK workers in 2018 (0.4%), originally forecasted to be among the lowest in Europe at 0.2%.

But Steven Kilfedder, Production Manager at ECA International, says the stats needs to be viewed in line with the bigger picture.