Travel recruitment market reaches 'historic highs' in 2022

Salaries for the average new job in travel jumped by 11.5% in 2022 to stand at a record £30,617, according to the new data which surveyed all new vacancies registered with the company during the year.

The figure was up by 8.5% from the last pre-pandemic year of 2019 and was also up by 14% from 2018 and by 17.6% from 2017.
 
The rise was even larger for standard new travel jobs (those paying up to £40,000) which increased annually by 17.3% to stand at an average of £28,496.

Compared to previous years, 2022’s total was up by 14.2% from 2019, up by 15% from 2018 and up by 23% from 2017.

  
Meanwhile, the number of people placed in new travel jobs jumped by 181% in 2022, trailing only 2017 by just 3%.
 
Similarly, the number of new travel job vacancies was up by 96% in 2022 from the previous year and reached the second highest level since the index began.