26th February 2016, 03:30 PM
So who was number 1 for the starter / basic (remember that this is the basic pay level you can start on and many companies allow progression based on experience.) G2 Fieldworker
I have included Number 26 as it includes some companies that you may recognise as well. REMEMBER this is freely available info, based on adverts from 1st April 2015 to the present. I have removed London rates - as they skew the picture and many of those working in London also have NON London rates. ( seen below) It does not include benefits - such as accommodation, travel etc but is a base line for starting salary only. Some companies have put up their Benefits on BAJR ( see here: http://www.bajr.org/Compare/ContractCompare.asp ) But as most contracts are for up to 3 months you won't really see the longer term benefits unless full time employed. THe CIfA Minima for the time period was ( along with BAJR £17,299)
So who is it? Who pays best in 2015/2016? Drum Roll please!
[TABLE="width: 1409"]
[TR]
[TD]Number
[/TD]
[TD]Post Title
[/TD]
[TD]Company
[/TD]
[TD] Basic starting Salary
[/TD]
[TD]Location of work
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Experienced Site Assistants
[/TD]
[TD]Archaeology Wales Ltd
[/TD]
[TD] £18,720.00
[/TD]
[TD]Northamptonshire
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £18,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]East Kent
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Cotswold Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 18,147.00
[/TD]
[TD]Milton Keynes, Andover, Cirencester[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Assistant Archaeological Officer
[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Research Services Limited[/TD]
[TD] £ 18,000.00
[/TD]
[TD]Sale, Manchester[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Suffolk Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,808.00
[/TD]
[TD]Needham Market[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Cambridge Archaeological Unit[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,783.29
[/TD]
[TD]East of England
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,714.00
[/TD]
[TD]Welshpool[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Technician (Archaeology)[/TD]
[TD]University of Exeter[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,703.00
[/TD]
[TD]Streatham Campus, Exeter[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Thames Valley Archaeological Services
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,700.00
[/TD]
[TD]Brighton[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant[/TD]
[TD]Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,680.00
[/TD]
[TD]Lincoln
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Project Archaeologist[/TD]
[TD]Allen Archaeology Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,633.29
[/TD]
[TD]Lincoln (for sites across the East Midlands and North Lincolnshire)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]CFA Archaeology Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,600.00
[/TD]
[TD]Based at Leeds or Milton Keynes offices[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologist[/TD]
[TD]Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,577.00
[/TD]
[TD]Wales, West Midlands and West Country[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,575.00
[/TD]
[TD]Midlands and West of England[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,575.00
[/TD]
[TD]Midlands and West of England, North of England and Scotland[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Bournemouth University[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,528.00
[/TD]
[TD]Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Site assistants[/TD]
[TD]University of Leicester Archaeological Services[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,528.00
[/TD]
[TD]Central Leicester
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Solutions Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,522.00
[/TD]
[TD]South East[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]MAP Archaeological Practice Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Various Sites across Yorkshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologist
[/TD]
[TD]ARCHAS Ltd
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Scotland
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Graduate Archaeologist[/TD]
[TD]Hyder Consulting[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Stroud[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]AC archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Salisbury, Wiltshire and Devon
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Solutions Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Buckinghamshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant
[/TD]
[TD]Addyman Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Edinburgh[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Chris Butler Archaeological Services Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]East Sussex
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Network Archaeology Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,451.00
[/TD]
[TD]North Lincolnshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Oxford Archaeology
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,417.00
[/TD]
[TD]Cambridge and Oxford
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant[/TD]
[TD]Museum of London Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]Northampton
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd.[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]North East England, Yorkshire and Cheshire
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]Colchester and Essex[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA)[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]Northampton
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Worcestershire County Council[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,372.00
[/TD]
[TD]Worcester[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Project Services[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,356.00
[/TD]
[TD]Heckington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant[/TD]
[TD]Rubicon Heritage Services (UK) Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,300.00
[/TD]
[TD]Swansea, Wales[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Solutions Ltd
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,300.00
[/TD]
[TD]Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Assistants
[/TD]
[TD]Wessex Archaeology
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,299.00
[/TD]
[TD]Salisbury
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]York Archaeological Trust
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,299.00
[/TD]
[TD]Nottingham / York
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]AOC Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,299.00
[/TD]
[TD]York / Scotland
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
I have included Number 26 as it includes some companies that you may recognise as well. REMEMBER this is freely available info, based on adverts from 1st April 2015 to the present. I have removed London rates - as they skew the picture and many of those working in London also have NON London rates. ( seen below) It does not include benefits - such as accommodation, travel etc but is a base line for starting salary only. Some companies have put up their Benefits on BAJR ( see here: http://www.bajr.org/Compare/ContractCompare.asp ) But as most contracts are for up to 3 months you won't really see the longer term benefits unless full time employed. THe CIfA Minima for the time period was ( along with BAJR £17,299)
So who is it? Who pays best in 2015/2016? Drum Roll please!
[TABLE="width: 1409"]
[TR]
[TD]Number
[/TD]
[TD]Post Title
[/TD]
[TD]Company
[/TD]
[TD] Basic starting Salary
[/TD]
[TD]Location of work
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Experienced Site Assistants
[/TD]
[TD]Archaeology Wales Ltd
[/TD]
[TD] £18,720.00
[/TD]
[TD]Northamptonshire
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £18,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]East Kent
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Cotswold Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 18,147.00
[/TD]
[TD]Milton Keynes, Andover, Cirencester[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Assistant Archaeological Officer
[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Research Services Limited[/TD]
[TD] £ 18,000.00
[/TD]
[TD]Sale, Manchester[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Suffolk Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,808.00
[/TD]
[TD]Needham Market[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Cambridge Archaeological Unit[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,783.29
[/TD]
[TD]East of England
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,714.00
[/TD]
[TD]Welshpool[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Technician (Archaeology)[/TD]
[TD]University of Exeter[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,703.00
[/TD]
[TD]Streatham Campus, Exeter[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Thames Valley Archaeological Services
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,700.00
[/TD]
[TD]Brighton[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant[/TD]
[TD]Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,680.00
[/TD]
[TD]Lincoln
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Project Archaeologist[/TD]
[TD]Allen Archaeology Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,633.29
[/TD]
[TD]Lincoln (for sites across the East Midlands and North Lincolnshire)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]CFA Archaeology Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,600.00
[/TD]
[TD]Based at Leeds or Milton Keynes offices[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologist[/TD]
[TD]Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,577.00
[/TD]
[TD]Wales, West Midlands and West Country[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,575.00
[/TD]
[TD]Midlands and West of England[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,575.00
[/TD]
[TD]Midlands and West of England, North of England and Scotland[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Bournemouth University[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,528.00
[/TD]
[TD]Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Site assistants[/TD]
[TD]University of Leicester Archaeological Services[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,528.00
[/TD]
[TD]Central Leicester
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Solutions Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,522.00
[/TD]
[TD]South East[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]MAP Archaeological Practice Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Various Sites across Yorkshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Archaeologist
[/TD]
[TD]ARCHAS Ltd
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Scotland
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Graduate Archaeologist[/TD]
[TD]Hyder Consulting[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Stroud[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]AC archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Salisbury, Wiltshire and Devon
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Solutions Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Buckinghamshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant
[/TD]
[TD]Addyman Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]Edinburgh[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Chris Butler Archaeological Services Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,500.00
[/TD]
[TD]East Sussex
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Network Archaeology Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,451.00
[/TD]
[TD]North Lincolnshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Field Archaeologists[/TD]
[TD]Oxford Archaeology
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,417.00
[/TD]
[TD]Cambridge and Oxford
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant[/TD]
[TD]Museum of London Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]Northampton
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd.[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]North East England, Yorkshire and Cheshire
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]Colchester and Essex[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA)[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,400.00
[/TD]
[TD]Northampton
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Worcestershire County Council[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,372.00
[/TD]
[TD]Worcester[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Project Services[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,356.00
[/TD]
[TD]Heckington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistant[/TD]
[TD]Rubicon Heritage Services (UK) Ltd[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,300.00
[/TD]
[TD]Swansea, Wales[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Solutions Ltd
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,300.00
[/TD]
[TD]Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]Archaeological Assistants
[/TD]
[TD]Wessex Archaeology
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,299.00
[/TD]
[TD]Salisbury
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]York Archaeological Trust
[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,299.00
[/TD]
[TD]Nottingham / York
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]Site Assistants[/TD]
[TD]AOC Archaeology[/TD]
[TD] £ 17,299.00
[/TD]
[TD]York / Scotland
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]