What's the biggest pay increase you've had between two jobs?

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I'm currently about to begin negotiations for a job I've been offered and the pay scale on the job advert ranges from £10k less than my current salary to £20k more.

I've moved between companies in the past and was being underpaid in one role (the new company said so) and got a £6k pay rise. I'm just curious to know what the biggest you've got is? I know all companies/circumstances are different but I'm interested in your experiences.

30k on my basic and double on my OTE I went from 30 - 60k

I left a 17k job for an 18k job. On my first day there, they told me the job ad was wrong and it was actually 22k. Then 6 months later it was regraded - to 30k

Still on 30k ten years on, so my good luck ended there.

14k. It made a massive difference.

From 50 to 90 once when changing companies- I was 28. Asked now DH if he thought they’d given figure in dollars As American company

£18,000 to £21,000. Nothing compared to a lot of PPs but it was a big jump for me. Unfortunately I loathed the job and left after 9 months so I'm back to £18K now 😂

I went from.£18k to £30k when I moved to the company I am currently with. That felt amazing. When I got the next job up I went from from about £33k to £43k. Then the next jump was about £48k to £64k.

A good way to get a big promotion is by go grabbing it yourself in the form of building up your skills and changing jobs. If a company isn’t valuing, and isn’t paying you fairly for your skills then it never will. My boyfriend did that and went from a salary of £25k (starter grad job) to £75k (senior London finance contractor inside IR35).

It’s best to work as hard as you can and then switch to somewhere that will pay you the market rate for your skills. Or, if you want to remain in the same place, then it best to ask directly for a pay rise - If you don’t ask then you don’t get! Also, if you ask and they say no, then at least you know where they stand, and can start looking to go to a company that will value you.

Knowing your worth is key, and having the confidence to know that you deserve better, and that you deserve a good wage and promotion for your hard work. Lots of women really struggle to do this, but actually you need to be more direct and put yourself first. A company will only ever act in their interest, meaning you have to give them a reason to make them want to pay you more e.g. the worry of you leaving and taking your skills with you.
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@AnythingConsidered there were a few squeaky bum moments and times when I really wondered if I was making a big mistake, but like you I gave myself a time limit and structured my objectives and PDP with one eye always on the next role.

Good Luck x

Ahh this is interesting. I've just started the process of getting my pay reviewed since I found out I'm on 10-15k less than everyone else at my skill/experience level.

It would still be under market rate even with 10k on top, but flexible working is a huge benefit to me so it's tempting to stick around.

I am hoping it doesn't go as badly as the last (only) time I tried to negotiate salary.. boss laughed in my face and then leveraged me leaving to get a pay rise for herself, which she bragged about in my exit interview!! Crazy times.

Id love to know what jobs these all are (and how to get into them!)

@olderthanyouthink I'm not saying it doesn't happen but I don't know anyone on real life who's managed jumps of more than 50k from a very low base, 20k yes or 150k from 100k yes. Perhaps no one I know is particularly underpaid though.

Myself I once went from £11 a hour to £15 6 months later & 6 months after that £19.

I decided to change career a few years ago and it didn't work out. So I ended up on minimum wage, 30 hours a week. I then changed again, full time (37.5 hours) which with the higher hourly rate means my salary almost doubled.

I went from £15 p/h to £25 p/h. Full time that would've been £29k to £48k. I was really chuffed.

20%

11k, was a pretty big move though.

26k to £350 per day when I started work as a contractor.

£10k increase from my last job to my current job.

Ironically, my current job is less stressful, much better work life balance plus it’s about 100 times more rewarding.

£8k - unexpected as well as it wasn't a pay review or anything - it had just been decided that some of our team was underpaid so some of us got pay rises to boost it up. Was a surprise, considering our pay generally only goes up 2% each year.

Since working for the company, I have gone up £17k, but it has taken a while. Only really does big jumps if you move roles or departments and I am currently too lazy to bother!!

These mostly sound positive! ( to those who've been screwed over).

I asked for a pay rise at my current place and was told a hard no. I was also kind of demoted in a restructure as I now manage no one and have an extra manager above me.

I also said that that structure wouldn't work for me as would curtail my opportunity to develop but no one cared which told me everything I need to leave!

The company has a policy to decrease the gender pay gap so hopefully they'll be willing to pay what I'm worth.

Oh yes my previous role my manager advocated for a pay rise for all the managers in my team except for me. So that was shit.

About £25k. Internal promotion. Was pretty happy with that!

I got very lucky and when my manager was renewing my contract 15 years ago, he made the decision that although he’d hired me (and was paying me) as an admin assistant, what I was doing was aligned with what his PMs were doing (was a PM by trade but opted for admin work as had a small person at the time).

He more than doubled what I made overnight, it was an astonishing conversation 😊

I started a new role due to an internal promotion in April. £14k rise, very welcome.

Same area different job, local authority £21k to £42k.