# Fundraisers’ salaries rose by less than 1% last year, says Kage Partnership

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/04/fundraisers-salaries-rose-less-1-last-year-says-kage-partnership/
- Published: 2015-02-04T14:55:59+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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%.

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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.

## Most popular fundraising roles

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.

## 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](http://www.kagep.com)
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”.