Bankers, builders and IT workers top list of jobs most likely to get a payrise

Just under half of UK employees are happy with their salary

About a third of all bankers, IT workers and construction workers saw their pay increase more than 2.5 per cent last year (Rex)

If you didn’t get a payrise in the last year, you’re unlucky: two-thirds of people in the UK did.

Hays, the recruitment consultants, have released their UK salary and recruitment trend report for 2015, one of the most comprehensive guides to what we’re all getting paid. Their research shows that half of employees in the UK got a payrise of up to 2.5 per cent of their salary this year, and a fifth got even more than that.

Hays asked UK employers: during the last 12 months, have the salaries of your workforce changed? (Hays)

Most of the time, it comes down to industry. About a third of all bankers, IT workers and construction workers saw their pay increase more than 2.5 per cent last year. About a quarter of all lawyers, publishers, insurance brokers and business-owners did too.

Almost two-thirds of teachers, estate agents and not-for-profit workers also got a payrise this year, but a small one, up to 2.5 per cent. Local government workers were least likely to see their pay rise at all.

Just under half of UK employees are happy with their salary – some 45 per cent, while 55 per cent are unhappy. The research shows that you might as well ask for a payrise if you’re one of those unhappy workers – of those that asked, 15 per cent got a payrise, and 15 per cent didn’t. But the vast majority, some 70 per cent, were too scared to bring it up.

Only half of all employees think their company offers career progression – which may be why 59 per cent of people expect to leave their job within the year.