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

[Twigaletta]

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.

I'm about to take a £4k pay cut by moving jobs. However it feels like a positive step as my current job is under threat, I'm moving to a new sector that I really want to work in and the job should be more interesting.

£85,000

I was working freelance earning £20,000pa, took a risk to do an internship in a random niche field for £12,000pa and left that for a job paying £100,000pa. Hated that job left after a year and took a year off during which time I had a baby.

Then got another job paying £100,000, stuck it out for 3 years, left and took another year off.

Applied for another job paying £100,000, didn’t get the job so asked if I could freelance for them and they pay £650/day. The low paid internship really paid off...

£25k in my last job move. I'd been with my previous company for a really long time so was underpaid anyway and this move was levelling up a bit.

Last jump was to a Senior Director and £15k jump to mid £60s. I'm old though - it's taken me 25 years...

Bit off post but I get annoyed at my boss (public sector) telling me how lucky I am to have the salary I have and how it must've made such a difference to my life. He's on about £15k more so not sure if he's annoyed there's not a bigger gap.

Salary increases by about £10k between jobs but I pay more into pension now (public sector) more tax and lost part of child benefit - not complaining just saying that I don't have a new Audi in order.

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Went from 26k to 38.5k in two years. I’m the lowest paid in my team but with the highest performance, so hoping for another bump up next year while I’m on maternity leave.

Not between companies but between roles in my current company - I think it was £11k hike in salary? Unfortunately increase in student loan and losing child benefit meant I wasn’t hugely better off! Was defo worth it though.

My sister got a new job recently and she got a £10k increase. They just offered her that, she didn’t even have to ask, she was fretting that they might not offer her much. She was over the moon.

I went from 28k to 80k in one jump. Which sounds ridiculous written down. But the 28k job was part time - 27 hours, and I was working at a level below jobs I'd previously had, IE I'd taken a step down into that job.

I then took a new job which was a level above that which Id previously worked at, and therefore two levels from where I was, and increased my hours to full time.

Really wasn't expecting to be paid that much but asked for it when applying, thinking I had nothing to lose and they agreed without batting an eyelid! I'd have happily been negotiated down to 50k, and was expecting to be.

£42k to £75k when I set up on my own. God that felt good, such a confidence boost! Then had a huge car crash and couldn't work full time for 3 years so feels like I'm starting out again, nowhere near even my employed job. Hopefully I get there again.

Ugh. I'm currently on a GCSE wage but I'm a qualified counsellor and MA in social sciences. I would love to be paid what I'm worth but I just feel It'll never happen! Lovely thread, to know it is possible!

40k to 93k when I was 27. That was 2004.

I loved that job and stupidly moved again in 2015 at which point I was on £163k basic.

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40k to 93k when I was 27. That was 2004.

I loved that job and stupidly moved again in 2015 at which point I was on £163k basic.

That's amazing! Can I be super nosy and ask what industry that was in? Don't worry if you don't want to answer! I guess banking or law but interested to know!

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I start a new job next week. I am currently on £22k and I will be on £41k.
It has taken a long time since having my children to finally get back to what I was earning pre-kids. But the job I am about to leave also came with a fully-funded PGCert and 2days paid study per week, so worth the lower pay to get the qualification.

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I start a new job next week. I am currently on £22k and I will be on £41k. It has taken a long time since having my children to finally get back to what I was earning pre-kids. But the job I am about to leave also came with a fully-funded PGCert and 2days paid study per week, so worth the lower pay to get the qualification.

That's amazing, congrats 🙌🏻

I’ve never had a substantial one but my DH’s salary once doubled! It sounds far better than it was though as I can assure you he was getting well underpaid for what he was doing. We felt quite loaded for a while. This was many moons ago now and hasn’t happened since 😭

Went from a salary of 25k where I really struggled (in London) to 45k. For the first time in my life I felt a bit of financial security.

Left UK and went from 9k pa to 45k pa (1990)

The biggest issue with wages is the stagnation over the last decade. They have really been suppressed.

24k to 70k in 2014... needless to say, I was grossly underpaid and was told my salary was reasonable because I was in the north and things were cheaper I quit after I asked for a pay rise and was rewarded, ahem, with a 'substantial' increase from 21k to 24k.

I can confirm 6 years later I am still on 70K after a brief stint at 85. But life is much better for it.