Sustainability Careers and Salary Survey Benchmarking Report 2010
Contents
SECTION 1GLOBALISATION AND SPECIALIST ROLES HELP DRIVE GREEN JOBS OUT OF RECESSION
Feature exploring the careers and salaries of sustainability professionals including case studies with:
Allen & York
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)
Natural Power
SITA
SECTION 2
ALLEN & YORK SALARY BENCHMARKING DATA
Salaries, and other findings from the analysis of Allen & Yorks 22,000 candidate records:
Industry sector of candidates
Primary work area of candidates
Candidates position with organisation
Gender of candidates
Nationality of candidates
Candidates willingness to relocate
Age profile of candidates
Average salary of candidates by position and organisation type
Average salary of candidates by position and primary work area
Candidates average salary by organisation type and primary work area
Average candidates salary by age
Average candidates salary by gender
Average candidates salary by region
Average candidates salary by position and region
SECTION 3
UK CAREERS & SALARY SURVEY RESULTS
Salaries, bonuses, trends, perks and other findings from the UK participants in our online survey:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PART 1 COPING WITH THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
Main action introduced by organisations as a response to the current economic downturn
Trend in number of UK sustainability professional staff
Staff number trends in last 12 months by type of organisation
Staff number trends in next 12 months by type of organisation
Current level of job security in participants role in their organisation compared with 12 months ago
Current level of job security in other sustainability roles compared with 12 months ago
Job security by staff number trends in organisations
Job security by organisation type
Prospects for UK sustainability firms and the staff they employ across the sector in 2009 and 2010
Long-term prospects for UK sustainability firms and the staff they employ across the sector for the next five years (2009 and 2010 results)
Willingness to accept lower pay and/or work less hours in order to save colleagues from redundancy
PART 2 THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS: A PROFILE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY
Industry sector of survey participants
Size of participants organisation
Age of participants
% of participants that is female by organisation type
Participants position with organisations
Number of staff reporting to participant
Primary work area of participant
Main purpose of participants role
Educational background
Previous careers
Number of years worked as a sustainability professional
Posts held as a sustainability professional
Organisations worked for as an sustainability professional
Years worked for current employer
Average length of service by organisation type
Proportion of participants with overseas experience
PART 3 CAREER SATISFACTION, PROSPECTS AND CHANGING JOBS
Opportunities to progress chosen career within your organisation
Opportunities to progress chosen career within the wider jobs market
Prospects by organisation type
Importance of environmental management performance of organisation in staying with employer
Current level of job satisfaction
Job satisfaction by organisation type
Number of years in which participants are hoping to change employer
Average forecast time with current employer by organisation type
PART 4 SALARIES AND BENEFITS
Profile of current basic salary
Basic average salary by organisation type
Basic salary by age
Basic salary by gender
Current basic salary by length of post qualification experience
Salary by position and organisation type
Salary by position and primary work area
Salary by post qualification experience and organisation type
Salary profile of each organisation type
Average basic salary by primary work area
Average basic salary by main role
Salary change in last 12 months
Salary change in last 12 months for those staying in the same role
Average salary change in last 12 months by organisation type
Average salary change in last 12 months by primary work area
Size of last bonus as % of salary
Size of last bonus as % of salary by organisation type
Benefits received (if receiving benefits)
Benefits most like to have, that dont currently have
Benefits received consultancy, certification & other advisory
Benefits most like to have consultancy, certification & other advisory
Benefits received environmental industries
Benefits most like to have environmental industries
Benefits received public bodies
Benefits most like to have public bodies
Benefits received industry & commerce
Benefits most like to have industry & commerce
Benefits received NGOs and academia
Benefits most like to have NGOs and academia
SECTION 4
GLOBAL CAREERS & SALARY SURVEY RESULTS
Salaries, bonuses, trends, perks and other findings from the global participants in our online survey:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff trends last 12 months, by region
Staff trends next 12 months, by region
Job security your role, by region
Job security other sustainability roles, by region
Prospects 2010, by region
Prospects 2011-2015, by region
Actions taken by participants organisations, by region
Proportion that would not work less hours or accept lower salary to save colleagues from redundancy, by region
Importance of environmental management performance within employer, by region
Opportunities to progress chosen career your organisation, by region
Opportunities to progress chosen career wider jobs market, by region
Current level of job satisfaction, by region
Average number of years when participants expect to change employer, by region
Average salaries by region, by region
Regional salaries indexed by all salaries, by region
Salary increase in last 12 months, by region
Proportion entitled to a bonus, by region
Bonus as a % of salary, by region
Benefits currently in receipt by % of participants, by region
Benefits would most like to have by % of participants, by region
Proportion of participants that are female, by region
Average length of post-qualification experience, by region
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