Fundraisers’ salaries rose by less than 1% last year, says Kage Partnership
Howard Lake | 4 February 2015 | News
This year’s Fundraising Salary Survey by Kage Partnership reports that salaries of fundraisers in the London area rose on average by less than 1% during 2014. Last year’s survey reported an average increase of 3.5%.
Of course, some job categories enjoyed greater rises. Salaries in the junior category, for example, rose by an average of 4% for the second year running.
Indeed, seven out of 14 categories showed an increase, five of them by over 4%.
Manager level jobs, however, saw an overall decrease, except for those involved in major donor fundraising (up by 6.5%) and community and events (4% increase).
The salary survey shows the range of salaries advertised for particular jobs handled by Kage Partnership and the average. For example, the average advertised salary for a Director/Head of Fundraising at organisations with an annual income of less than £5 million was £53,000, with actual salaries ranging from £42,000–£85,000.
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The company reports an increase of 5% in the number of roles it handled during 2014 compared to the previous year. The increase was strong for roles in corporate, direct marketing, events and major donors.
Steadily improving market
Liz Grimes of Kage Partnership described the low average increase as “surprising” given “what we feel is a steadily improving market, certainly in terms of the number of jobs available”.
Other trends noticed in compiling the annual survey was a greater flexibility shown by recruiters in considering those wishing to partly work from home, work less than five days, or five days in four.
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Data
This year’s survey has been compiled from data on over 330 fundraising vacancies, with 134 charities registered in the 12 months of 2014. Kage Partnership point out: “the results are intended as a general guide and are based on advertised rather than actual salaries. Please note that salaries include London weighting”.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.