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• kingkong

  I know a lot of people often ask for this. I've just set up an agency and got a few recruiters put together a list of salaries for me across disciplines. Might be useful for some:

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  Account Management

  Account Executive £20 – 22K
  Account Manager £25 – 30K
  Senior Account Manager £35 – 38K
  Account Director £40k £50k
  Senior Account Director £55k £60k
  Group Account Director £75k £90k
  Business Director £80k £100k
  CSD £85k £110k
  Managing Director £100k £150k

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  Project Management

  Junior Project Manager £22k £24k
  Project Manager £35k £40k
  Senior Project Manager £45k £55k
  Project Director £60k £65k
  Head of Project Management £75k £85k

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  Planning

  Planner £45k £50k
  Senior Planner £65k £70k
  Planning Director £80k £90k
  Head of Planning £95k £120k

  Information Architects

  IA £40 – 50K
  Senior IA £55 – 65K
  Head of IA £70 – 100K

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  Creative

  Junior - £18k-£20k
  Middleweight - £25k-£30k
  Senior - £30k-£45k

  Design Director - £50k-£75k

  Creative Teams
  Junior - £18k-£22k
  Middleweight - £25k-£35k
  Senior - £40k-£65k

  Creative Directors
  £75k-£120k

  ECD
  £120k-£180k (often plus bonus)

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  Tech

  Junior Client Side Developer - £20k-£25k
  Middleweight Client Side Developer £28k-£35k
  Senior Client Side Developer £38k - £45k

  Junior ActionScript Developer £20,000 - £27, 000
  Middleweight ActionScript Developer £30,000 - £38,000
  Senior ActionScript Developer £40,000 - £50,000

  Junior PHP Developer £20,000 - £25, 000
  Middleweight PHP Developer £30,000 - £35,000
  Senior PHP Developer £38,000 - £45,000

  Middleweight .Net Developer £30,000 - £35,000
  Senior .Net Developer £35,000 - £40,000

  Technical Leads £40,000 - £50,000

  QA Specialist £32,000 - £37,000

  QA Manager £40,000 - £50,000

  Technical Directors £50,000 - £75,000

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• mydo

  looks like ECD it is then. can i have a job?

  • me too! me n mydo can be co-ecd's– whereRI1/2

    i'm not shar'in. smine.– mydo2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 4:13 a.m. – Permalink

• must_dash

  All this is in this weeks Design Week

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 5:39 a.m. – Permalink

• 303

  I thought that .Net developers are better paid

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 5:43 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  Holy fuck, I can get paid to do this shit?

  • You work for me, you get paid in kisses, deal with it.– Hombre_Lobo

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 5:52 a.m. – Permalink

• ckentish

  Freelance web designer UK:
  £30,000 - £60,000 (in theory)
  90 days to get payed, inland revenue debt, lonely (in reality)

  • ..but you can work in your flip flops, or smoke joint in your tea break– maikel

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 5:55 a.m. – Permalink

• maikel

  Actually I find quite annoying the 'coolness fee' of a shit salary for having an interesting (it actually isn't that interesting) job.

  If I'm born again I will be DEV!
  ...or even worse, accountant O_o

  • An accountant? You are clearly mad and not v.creative at all– ckentish1/3

    oi boss, don't get me wrong, but i've been working my ass off in the business for many years to find out that a lawyer fresh from uni gets the same than a senior designer.– maikel2/3

    ...from uni makes more money than a senior designer! I'm just saying that we are unfairly underpaid : (– maikel3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 6:30 a.m. – Permalink

• pillhead

  Creatives is pretty sad viewing, isn't it.

  • < sadly ironic, because they're the backbone of the agency.– gramme1/2

    i.e. the people who produce all that pretty stuff in the "work" section of an agency's site.– gramme2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 6:32 a.m. – Permalink

• Hombre_Lobo

  ^yeh man.

  Such bs, copywriters and planners get more than creatives...wtf it that about.

  • supply and demand I guess. Too many people in the industry.– Ranger

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 6:44 a.m. – Permalink

• 303

  Maikel, I think I understand you. Sometimes I regret that I am not a lawyer. Well...my parents wanted me to be so I ended in IT :)

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 7:10 a.m. – Permalink

• kingkong

  I dunno ECD salaries are as much if not more than lawyers etc...

  Basically I think if you're clever and good you'll end up earning a lot of money whatever you choose to do...

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 7:12 a.m. – Permalink

• JazX

  Group Account Director £75k £90k

  I'd love to get that amount in the States.

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 7:13 a.m. – Permalink

• kingkong

  Also I'd add that creatives are the lowest paid at the beginning but by the time they get to board level they are the highest paid and pampered by far.

  You salary also rises a hell of a lot quicker if you're a good creative or planner than any other discipline...

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 7:15 a.m. – Permalink

• monoboy

  Salaries for IA, that can't be right surely.

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 7:20 a.m. – Permalink

• kingkong

  @monoboy.

  Yep. Most overpaid people in the fucking country imo

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 7:21 a.m. – Permalink

• maikel

  @ 303
  IT isn't that bad...

  I know a few fellows in IT that are making more than a lawyer (about 6 figures, I mean).
  I don't know many designers over the 60K mark...

  : (

  • I'm guessing they're consultants though right?.– Mimio1/2

    yeah, contracting mostly for banks.
    sweet per day rate and year long contracts.– maikel2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 7:38 a.m. – Permalink

• PIZZA

  Anyone got statistics for motion graphics ?

  • why don't you create a motion graphic for it?– ckentish

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 9:37 a.m. – Permalink

• ckentish

  I'm amazed people find it a surprise the creative industries are underpaid... Its an easy degree (to pass), the work is very fullfilling (usually) and 1000's of people chase very few jobs - supply and demand, welcome to capatilism.

  • law and accountancy take at least 3 years on top of a good degree to be qualified– ckentish

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 9:41 a.m. – Permalink

• BaskerviIle

  there should be a pay scale for designers who actually know what they are doing and use their brains. Those people are in demand.

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 9:49 a.m. – Permalink

• WeLoveNoise

  wow - i'm well overpaid

  • cool you can buy me a beer then!– Stugoo1/2

    will give u a shout when im next down :)– WeLoveNoise2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 19, 10, 9:51 a.m. – Permalink