Madrid, (EFE).- Qualified workers had a salary increase of 6% last year, according to Michael Page, a recruitment company focused on the search for qualified profiles that registered a 30% increase in its hiring processes during 2022.
According to the “2023 Remuneration Study” presented this Thursday, the average wage increase last year in Spain, that is, both for skilled and unskilled workers, was between 3% and 4%, and the consultant He expects a similar salary progression for 2023.
“This salary increase is not linked to inflation, but to the shortage of talent,” said the general director of PageGroup Spain, Jaime Asnai, at the presentation of the study this Thursday in Madrid.
The qualified talent selection consultancy registered increases in hiring processes in all sectors in 2022, although tourism (with an increase of 181%), banking (63%), health (59%), logistics (57%) ) and technology (55%).
Asnai has explained the significant increase in hiring in the tourism sector by a “champagne effect” once the pandemic has been overcome.
Regarding the technology sector, the general director of the consultancy in Spain has stressed that they have not seen “any setback” in demand despite the massive layoffs carried out by some giants in the sector and has trusted that these professionals will have no difficulty finding find a new job, given the high demand in the sector.
Employment will grow despite the prospects
“Although there could be a crisis, as there is a shortage of talent, employment in qualified positions will continue to grow,” Asnai indicated in the presentation of the study, and recalled that during the pandemic they did not notice a setback in the qualified labor market, especially big.
The consultancy foresees a growth of between 5% and 10% for qualified profiles by 2023.
“The uncertainty of the external seems to affect less and less” the qualified labor market, he pointed out, adding that in the first month of 2023 they have registered an increase in hiring “above double digits” and that they expect it to continue as well. the salary increase.
Asked about the reasons for the shortage of talent, Asnai has pointed to “demographic factors” such as the “low birth rate” which, in the end, means that, in university careers with more demand, there are the same people training as a decade ago.
However, he has indicated that the reconversion of job seekers towards the most demanded positions and the increasing entry of women into technological careers where they traditionally had less presence “will help mitigate the lack of talent.”
Banking and financial services register the highest salaries
According to the report, the highest salaries are registered in the positions of “managing director” of international banking (between 200,000 and 300,000 euros per year) and in those of international banking director (between 150,000 and 220,000).
Among managers in the health sector, salaries can reach 140,000 euros per year, while in the legal industry they reach up to 120,000 euros.