Public Affairs Surveys
Survey 2009
Results of a survey of Public Affairs practitioners conducted by ComRes on behalf of PubAffairs.
ComRes surveyed 398 practitioners working in Public Affairs via online surveys. The fieldwork was conducted between 29th March and 20th May 2009. Demographic information was gathered to offer analysis by organisational type and also job role. In order to aid analysis results were broken down by those who work in Consultancies, Charities and NGOs, Trade Associations and Companies. There is also analysis provided by different job positions within each organisation.
The results include details about salaries, bonus, pensions and holiday benefits, as well as looking at career moves and aspirations within the public affairs sector.
Download the full ComRes/PubAffairs Survey 2009 here.
| Sector/Job Role | Average Salary | Approximate Range of Salary |
Consultancy |
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Account Executive |
£25,000 |
£18-32,000 |
Account Manager |
£35,000 |
£25-45,000 |
Account Director |
£44,000 |
£35-55,000 |
Associate Director |
£54,000 |
£45-70,000 |
Director/MD |
£66,000 |
£60-100,000+ |
Charity or NGO |
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Executive |
£32,000 |
£26-35,000 |
Manager |
£38,000 |
£28-45,000 |
Head/Director of Public Affairs |
£44,000 |
£38-57,000 |
Trade Association |
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Executive |
£28,000 |
£23-35,000 |
Manager |
£37,000 |
£27-50,000 |
Head/Director of Public Affairs |
£50,000 |
£35-71,000 |
Company in-house |
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Executive |
£30,000 |
£23-36,000 |
Manager |
£51,000 |
£30-75,000 |
Head/Director of Public Affairs |
£76,000 |
£60-100,000+ |
PubAffairs would like to thank ComRes for carrying out the research and for working with us again on the latest Survey. ComRes is one of the leading polling and research consultancies serving clients in the UK, Europe and Asia. ComRes has the most extensive range of political research tools ever created, as well as the full breadth of quantitative and qualitative research facilities. ComRes works with many leading blue-chip corporations, campaign groups, political parties, public sector bodies and trade bodies. We also poll for media clients ranging from The Independent to the BBC. ComRes is a CarbonZero company and a member of the British Polling Council and Association for Qualitative Research.
Survey 2005
PubAffairs and CommunicateResearch have joined forces to conduct the most comprehensive survey ever of public affairs professionals in the UK. The results, published on 31 October 2005, reveal the range of terms, conditions and benefits enjoyed by practitioners as well as attitudes towards professionalisation and other issues of relevance to the sector.
A key finding of the research highlighted that whilst public affairs is often categorised as being part of the public relations or the corporate communications industry, some 88% of respondents regarded themselves as public affairs practitioners rather than PR professionals. Perhaps as a consequence of this, some 79% of those working within the sector believe the public affairs sector should have a professional association covering the entirety of the industry.
PubAffairs is the network for public affairs practitioners, providing opportunities for contact-building within the industry. Substantial proportions of respondents indicated that they felt their confidence had increased and that they had used the contacts made in a work context from being involved in the PubAffairs network.
Download the PubAffairs Survey 2005 Results here.
Download the PubAffairs Press Release Here.
PubAffairs wishes to thank CommunicateResearch for carrying out the research. Communicate Research is a specialist research consultancy for the communications sector, providing polling and research services to the public affairs, campaigns corporate communications and investor relations sectors. It has the largest survey research panel of MPs ever created, and the only panel of Peers. CommunicateResearch also conducts independent perception audits and other tracking surveys of communications effectiveness, as well as campaign polling across different audiences.
Survey 2003
The PubAffairs Team carried out the first PubAffairs Practitioner Survey in 2003. This was a general survey of members - and compiled a set of results detailing salaries, holidays, pensions and other benefits and working conditions. The Survey was not about finding the best or worst employer - it was about providing information that may hold you in good stead especially if you may be changing jobs or re-negotiating your package.
Everyone at some stage asks friends in the business for advice on the usual questions - 'am I getting enough money?', 'should I be getting more holiday?' or 'what should I be asking for?'. Through the Survey, PubAffairs has helped provide some answers.
Download the PubAffairs Practitioner Survey 2003 Results here.
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