I have sat in on a finance meeting this morning and was surprised to learn that the average salary across all staff is £69.5k. We have a lot of technical staff so I expected it to be high, but I was surprised at it being that high as I recently struggled to get £65k authorised for a new hire with a PhD and a decade of experience. I also know that we have several customer facing roles that start on effectively minimum wage.
While it's a business with national range, head office and >50% of staff are in the north west.