These are the 12 jobs with the biggest payrises so far this year
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New research by salary benchmarking site Emolument.com has identified the 12 jobs which have had the biggest pay increases so far this year – and, unsurprisingly, marketing tops the list.
According to the research, salaries in marketing and communications roles have increased 37 per cent since the beginning of the year, to £70,000.
That was rivalled only by corporate banking, where average salaries have also increased 37 per cent, from £60,000 last year to £82,000 this year.
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| Title | 2015 | 2016 | Increase | |
| Marketing & communications | Manager | £51,000 | £70,000 | 37% |
| Corporate banking | Associate | £60,000 | £82,000 | 37% |
| Human resources | Manager | £61,000 | £80,000 | 31% |
| Business development | Senior Manager | £104,000 | £136,000 | 31% |
| C# developer | Developer | £44,000 | £54,000 | 23% |
| Research (buy-side) | VP | £37,000 | £45,000 | 22% |
| Programme & project management | Senior Manager | £93,000 | £110,000 | 18% |
| Trading (banking) | VP | £160,000 | £189,000 | 18% |
| Fund & portfolio managers (buy-side) | VP | £113,000 | £133,000 | 18% |
| Research (banking) | VP | £150,000 | £168,000 | 12% |
| Java developer | Developer | £52,000 | £58,000 | 12% |
| Finance control & strategy | Manager | £76,000 | £82,000 | 8% |
Also on the list were business development managers, C# developers and fund and portfolio managers. It also includes human resources, which Emolument.com put down to "intense innovating and disrupting activity" in the sector.
"Companies find themselves expanding their HR departments and demanding new skills such as managing applications, data outputs from real-time gathering tools.
"HR managers are expanding their skills sets and are in high demand to help companies adapt their culture and management style towards millennials."
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Alice Leguay, Emolument.com's co-founder, pointed out that IT skills are becoming increasingly important to those doing the hiring.
"Despite high-delta remuneration, finance jobs are not topping our table. Instead, professionals in sectors emerging as game changers such as IT and digital marketing are hot property and those with some experience command fast-increasing pay packages.
"With the financial sector making a huge push to develop their fintech services, we expect to see IT climb even faster in the coming years."