VONNE has just released our latest salary report for 2024/25. The annual report uses data and insights from our Job Finder service to explore salary and working trends in the North East voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
Job Finder is the North East VCSE sector’s go-to jobs board. We’ve been advertising roles for more than 25 years, putting us in a unique position to gather data on salaries specific to our sector and region.
What have we learned?
The recruitment landscape for the North East VCSE sector reflected a complex mix of optimism and challenge in 2024–25. The impacts of increases to Employer’s National Insurance Contributions and the rise to the National Minimum Wage in April 2025 added significantly to employer’s wage bills. Combined with existing funding pressures, this increased uncertainty leading to a drop in the number of roles advertised.
VONNE’s Job Finder platform advertised 616 roles throughout the year – a significant 37.1% decrease from the previous year, mirroring a wider national slowdown in recruitment across the sector.
Despite this, there are green shoots of progress, particularly around salary trends and job security and flexibility.
Here’s a look at some of the year’s key findings:
- Average salaries increased across all role types except one.
- Biggest increases focussed on more junior roles – Assistant (+5.4%) and Administration (+8.2%).
- Chief Executive roles saw one of the smallest increases (+0.3%).
- More roles were advertised with permanent contracts.
- More full-time roles were advertised.
- Trends of offering flexibility in hours and location continued.
Full analysis is available in our 2024-25 salary report, which is shared free of charge with VONNE Membership+ members as part of their member benefits. Read more about Membership+ benefits and how you can sign up on our website.
Organisations who don’t have Membership+ can contact us to purchase the report.
If you’re a Membership+ member and haven’t received your copy of the salary report, email us and we’ll send it to you.