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North-South pay gulf now more than £10k

The pay gap between workers in the North and South has widened by 2% in the past 12 months, leaving the average difference at more than £10,000 a year, according to new research. The average salary for staff in the North is just over £19,000, compared to £30,600 in London, staffing firm ReThink Recruitment has found.

In some sectors, including financial services, the gulf in wages has widened “rapidly” in recent years, it has said. This has left northern employees earning just 44% of the salaries earned by their counterparts in London, according to the study.

However, wages for computer staff in the North of England are growing almost a third faster than those in the capital, it is claimed. The report predicts that the pay divide will narrow as more firms and Government departments relocate from London or expand in the regions.

Jon Butterfield, managing director at ReThink, said: “The IT industry is moving towards remote, flexible working at a rapid pace, which is eroding traditional geographical constraints, such as the North-South divide. “So much work can now be accomplished offsite that the IT workforce is becoming increasingly dispersed.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .