Salaries rising but job security is a concern

12 May 2008

According to the latest FM Salary Survey from FRL, salaries are still rising across the FM skill base, but particularly for those with building services maintenance skills. However, many FMs don't feel secure in their jobs in these times of 'credit crunch'

Professional recruitment and HR services provider, Facilities Recruitment Limited (FRL), has produced its fourth annual salary survey this week. The survey looked at staff employed within the FM sector in Executive & Facilities Management positions; Hard Services (Building Services Maintenance); and Soft Services (Front of House)

The survey results illustrated that salary levels are still rising, and overall for the three different disciplines by an average 5.07%. The highest percentile increase was for hard services where the average salary rise was 5.97%.

The average salaries for the key roles were:

Facilities Manager
Average Salary £45,931
Highest salary £77,359
Lowest Salary £21,050
Average Bonus £2,069
Average Total Package £48,000
Average hours per week 43.76
Car value per year £1,091
% Provided with pension 70.4 %
% Provided with P.Health 60 %

Business Development Director
Average Salary £81,885
Highest salary £142,088
Lowest Salary £54,730
Average Bonus £16,472
Average Total Package £98,356
Average hours per week 48.5
Car value per year £5,399
% Provided with pension 90 %
% Provided with P.Health 90 %

Building Services Engineer
Average Salary £27,064
Highest salary £36,838
Lowest Salary £23,419
Average Bonus £737.76
Average Total Package £27,801
Average hours per week 41
Car value per year 0
% Provided with pension 42.86 %
% Provided with P.Health 42.86 %

Help Desk Assistant
Average Salary £21,752
Highest salary £31,387
Lowest Salary £17,421
Average Bonus £126
Average Total Package £21,878
Average hours per week 38
Car value per year 0
% Provided with pension 32.75 %
% Provided with P.Health 54.4 %

Commenting upon the results, FRL CEO John Davis, commented; “Yet again we are seeing salaries increasing due to the effects of the skills shortage; however what has to be taken into consideration is the increased fear amongst the respondents in regards to the instability of their employment. Far more respondents than previously (18%) stated their view that their employment was unstable, probably all down to the contagion relating to the credit crunch. This is a little bit of a misnomer as many of our clients are reporting new outsourced contracts wins and require quite large scale numbers of additional staff.”

The full results of the salary surveys are available on the FRL website at www.frluk.com