UK Training Industry Press Releases

In these dark economic times, it's nice to have a bit of good news - and that's what Blue Eskimo's Work and Salary Survey 2008 seems to have delivered, although it's balanced out with some less positive news too.

Nick Bate, director at Blue Eskimo, is overjoyed with the response to the survey. "Nearly 500 people responded to our invitations to the survey," says Bate. "Many of these were sent to our own database, so it demonstrates how well we connect with the learning and development market."

"One of the best things to see," says Bate, "is that most people are happy working in this industry. Less than 2% of people said that they were unhappy in their current industry and less than 1% said they were unhappy in their job. By far the biggest majority either liked their job (61.04%) or loved it (27.54%)."

As was perhaps to be expected, salaries for many (43.96%) did not rise in line with inflation, but that still meant for the majority they did, either in line with inflation (36.96%) or above the rate of inflation (19.08%).