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Benchmark yourself against your peers on multiple dimensions:
Compensation
Are you paid fairly? Do the people who started out with you make more than you now? How much do you make per hour?
Progression & performance
Are you young for your seniority? How long did it take other people to get there? Was your last review better than average?
Working conditions
Do you work more than most in your field? Do your peers from uni have similar workloads? Is your comp aligned to your workload?
Satisfaction
Are you as happy as you could and should be? Are other people more satisfied overall? With their compensation?
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Use our tool to get your personalised benchmarks and see how you compare when it comes to pay, progression, working conditions and satisfaction. Your benchmarks will update with every new Payspective user so check in regularly to always have the latest data
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Go beyond benchmarking and using a salary checker – use Payspective to track your pay and satisfaction, forecast your earnings, find your perfect relocation destination or make the right decisions when it comes to advanced education like getting an MBA or PhD
Compare with your peers
To provide you with the most relevant insights, we need to enable you to benchmark yourself against all kinds of people. That’s why we are working with all kinds of peer sets.
Industry
Compare with people who work for the same type of employer
Function
Benchmark yourself against others with the same type of job as you
Seniority
Use our salary checker to see how other people in your level of seniority are doing
First employer
Check out how your path compares to that of the people you started out with
Age
Make sure your working hours or pay are somewhat aligned to your age
Education level
Find out whether all these years at uni paid off for your pay and satisfaction
University
Compare yourself to the people who graduated from your alma mater with you
Location
See how you’re doing within your city, country or community
…and any combination of the above.
Make payspective work for you
We’re here to give you all the insight you could possible need but it’s up to you to decide what you’ll do with them.
Decide on a job change
Figure out if the pay, hours and progression in your current job still work for you
Satisfy your curiosity
It’s simply interesting to know how much your peers make, what hours they work and how happy they are
Forecast your future earnings
Get security about the future and figure out how much you’re likely to make in 10 years
Ensure you’re fairly paid
Use our salary checker to make sure your pay makes sense
Prep a salary negotiation
Make sure you have some solid data to point to and don’t just negotiate on gut feel
Track yourself
Do you remember how much you made 5 years ago or how happy you were? Make sure you do 5 years from now
…or do any number of other things
Why payspective?
Because you want it and the world needs it
For you
To make great decisions you need to know the data – that’s just as true when it comes to designing space shuttles as when it comes to making the most out of your career. You may optimise for money, free time, happiness or impact but to maximise any of these, you first need to understand how you compare and where or how you could do better.
For equality
Work is not yet equal. The gender pay gap persists and minorities often find themselves underpaid or underrepresented. With Payspective, we don’t just want to provide you with a satisfaction and salary checker for your own good but also do our part in creating the transparency needed to make work fairer and more diverse.
For all of us
For you
To make great decisions you need to know the data – that’s just as true when it comes to designing space shuttles as when it comes to making the most out of your career. You may optimise for money, free time, happiness or impact but to maximise any of these, you first need to understand how you compare and where or how you could do better.
For equality
Work is not yet equal. The gender pay gap persists and minorities often find themselves underpaid or underrepresented. With Payspective, we don’t just want to provide you with a satisfaction and salary checker for your own good but also do our part in creating the transparency needed to make work fairer and more diverse.
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Gender pay gap UK: what it looks like and what companies can do about it
The gender pay gap in the UK stands at 15% – though it is much higher for startups & scaleups (25%). The two main drivers of the gap are (1) a skew in seniority levels (men tend to be in more senior positions than women) and (2) a skew in terms of functions that men and women work in (highly-paid technical jobs are predominantly held by men). In this article, we explore various ways in which companies can aim to close the gap and improve gender parity.
Startup compensation, holidays & remote working: 5 insights from our benchmarking
(1) A UK startup CEO typically has a lower salary than their COO. (2) Stock options are a key part of startup compensation and are commonly awarded to employees at all seniority levels. (3) >70% of UK startups have a 25 day holiday allowance while 8% of companies offer unlimited holiday. (4) Working from home is here to stay with 80% of UK startups opting for a hybrid model (most typically 50/50). (5) 92% of startups have a higher average salary for male than female employees, leading to a pronounced gender pay gap. (6) If you’d like to benchmark your own startup/scaleup, get in touch.
What you didn’t know about your working hours – 4 surprising facts from our work & pay report
(1) In some industries hours decrease over time while in others they increase over time. (2) Consulting is not well paid on a per-hour basis. (3) You can work up to 60h/week without feeling unhappy. (4) Working hours have increased during the pandemic.
What you didn’t know about Covid-19 & the labour market – 3 astonishing but unsurprising facts
The diference between the salary which candidates for a position expect and the salary that employers offer has decreased by >1/3 in 2020, pointing to a shift in the labour market power balance in favour of employers. Meanwhile, half of all professional report a negative impact of Covid on mental health. Companies that made use of financial support from the government were less likely to grant pay rises to their employees.
Working hours UK & average hourly wage UK
The average number of weekly working hours in the UK is 41.8, which is somewhat normal in international comparison. Job satisfaction is unaffected by working up to 60 hours a week but takes a big hit beyond that. Meanwhile, the average hourly wage in the UK is £16.6. Looking at white-collar professionals, there are substantial differences in both working hours and average hourly wages for different company types and seniority levels in the UK.
Average salary UK – a comprehensive overview
The median UK salary is £31,461 and the mean UK salary is £36,834 per year. These numbers change significantly when you look at differences between industries, educational backgrounds, age, gender or regional differences.
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