Harris Hill reveals 2016 charity salary survey
Melanie May | 13 May 2016 | News
Harris Hill has published its 2016 salary survey, covering fundraising, marketing, PR and digital, data and support, finance, and human resources in the charity and non-profit sector.
The rates given assume a standard 35-hour week, and are those a temporary employee can expect to be paid, according to Harris Hill. The survey reveals the low, average and high annual salaries for positions in fundraising both in small and large charities, as well as the low and high hourly rates for each one.
The head of general fundraising in a small charity for example can expect to earn from £35,000 to £49,000 with the average being £42,000, or from £48,000 to £68,000 in a larger charity, with the average being £58,000. Hourly rates range from a low of £19.23 to a high of £37.36.
In corporate fundraising, this ranges from a low of £38,000 to a high of £46,000 with an average salary of £42,000 in smaller charities, and from £45,000-£55,000 with an average salary of £50,000 in larger charities. Hourly rates range from a low of £20.88 to a high of £30.22.
Harris Hill reports seeing expansion within corporate fundraising and community fundraising teams, as some organisations look to offset a potential fall in individual donations by building better and stronger partnerships with businesses and community groups.
According to the survey, fundraisers with the relationship building and business development skills that these roles require can currently expect plenty of opportunities, although a shortage of candidates has yet to translate into any significant increase in the salaries being offered and some of the bigger organisations in particular adhering rigidly to salary bands that have remained unchanged for several years.
The survey also shows that while entry level and starting salaries remain low, acceleration within the sector can be fairly rapid after gaining one or two years of experience with Harris Hill finding that strong fundraisers with two years’ experience can achieve salaries into the mid £30,000s within some organisations.
The full survey results and expected pay grades for fundraising roles can be downloaded from the Harris Hill site.
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Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.