2026
Salary Guide & Market Update
Real benchmarks, live market trends and expert insight across our core specialisms — drawn from real placement data, live mandates and current hiring intelligence across the UK.
why it matters
The full picture.
Salaries, demand, and market movement.
Salaries are shifting. Hiring behaviour is evolving. The gap between what organisations offer and what the market expects has never mattered more.
These guides go beyond benchmarking — covering compensation data, demand patterns, candidate availability and the hiring trends shaping each specialism right now. Built by the JSS teams closest to the market, not compiled from surveys or estimates.
Covering Finance, Banking, Insurance, Transformation, Investment Management, Governance, Tax, Treasury & Risk, Procurement and HR.
Built from real placement data over the past 12 months
12
6
12 mths
Specialist Disciplines
UK regions
of live hiring data
What's inside
Salary data and market intelligence. In one place.
Role-by-role benchmarks
Base salary ranges from mid-level through to director and C-suite, segmented by function and sector.
Hiring hotspots
Where demand is growing, where scarcity is sharpest, and where competitive offers are being won and lost.
Market Updates
Hiring trends, demand shifts, candidate availability and the conditions shaping each discipline right now.
where our data comes from
Built by specialists. Grounded in real activity.
Every guide in this series is produced by the JSS team that works exclusively within that discipline — consultants with direct sight of what clients are paying, what candidates are accepting, and how market conditions are shifting.
Informed by placements delivered over the past twelve months, live mandates our teams are actively working, and current hiring intelligence drawn from LinkedIn and job board data. Grounded in real activity, not estimates.
Who's it for
Curated for the people making the decisions.
Hiring Managers
Know what the market is paying before the conversation starts. Move faster on offers, reduce drop-off and secure the people you actually want.
HR & People Leaders
Ground pay reviews and workforce planning in real market data. Build structures that attract and retain in a market that isn't standing still.
Job Seekers
Understand exactly where your experience sits in the current market. Walk into every conversation knowing what to expect and what to ask for.
salary guide and market update
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Select the specialism most relevant to you and access salary benchmarks and market insight from the JSS team that knows it best.
