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Message from the CEO
Welcome to the 2024 Barclay Simpson Salary
& Recruitment Trends Guide.
In our 2022 and 2023 Salary Guides, we reported
that our recruitment markets were characterised
by an abundance of vacancies that spurred
demand for skilled candidates and signi昀椀cantly
boosted salaries.
The heat of the 2021 and 2022 recruitment markets
was generated by the customary ‘catching up’
process that often follows a period when hiring
has been held back. But what truly set this recruitment cycle apart was its intensity, which was
extraordinary.
The remarkable bounce-back was greatly magni昀椀ed by the impact of remote working and technology-driven online recruitment, enabling unmatched
ease of access to hiring processes.
Barclay Simpson specialises in the recruitment of
cyber security, technology and governance professionals. These annual reports provide a review of the
major recruitment and employment trends across
the professions in which our community members
work, as well as up-to-date information on current
salaries across these disciplines.
I would like to thank everyone who took the time to
contribute to our surveys. Your support is invaluable
in our endeavours to provide useful career and
recruitment insights to our community members.
We also asked those who completed our survey
to name their preferred charity and pledged to
donate £500 to a randomly selected organisation
from those named. This year, I’m delighted to say
that we have sent a cheque to Mind.
In 2023, we have witnessed both the natural ending
of that cycle and growing uncertainty based on
economic and political concerns both at home and
internationally.
Vacancy numbers have fallen, and candidate
pressure has dissipated. However, the markets
have not stopped; they are resilient. And they
remain resilient because underlying skill shortages
persist across all the markets that we cover.
That means good candidates can still 昀椀nd great
opportunities, even if they are having to rein in
expectations of achieving a bumper pay rise by
changing jobs. So, while the outlook for 2024 is
uncertain, we have every reason to believe that
next year has the potential to be an active and
dynamic period for recruitment markets.
Dean Spencer
CEO