Our new interactive Pay Trend chart lets you seamlessly track median pay across time, or zero in on any specific day, week, month, quarter or year., It also displays a trend line – making it easier to understand the direction of pay for each specific role over time.
Here's what the new chart looks like:
What you can see on the X-axis
Each point along the x-axis corresponds to the date range specified in the search, allowing you to view the salary change over time and identify any trends.
What you can see on the Y-axis
Each point along the Y-axis displays the median pay for the corresponding period on the X-axis. The range of the Y-axis updates to reflect the specific pay type you have selected; annual, hourly or daily rates. It’s important to note that to use this chart you should only have one pay type selected. If you have multiple pay types included in your search, your results won’t be displayed in the chart.
How we calculate the trend line
As the Pay Trend chart works with calendar periods (weeks, months, quarters, years), the first and last bars on the chart could (and in most cases will) represent an incomplete calendar period, depending on the start date of your search. In this case we will discard an incomplete period in the trend line calculation, unless it is 75% or more of the full calendar period.
So for example, if you start a search on the 13th of January and end it on the 13th of June, the first and last calendar periods will be ‘incomplete’ as January only contains 18 days (13th-31st) and June only contains 13 days (1st -13th).
This is so the credibility of the trend line isn’t compromised by partial periods of data, giving you more accurate trends.
How to pinpoint salaries on a specific date
Hover over a specific date on the X-axis of the chart to zero in on the median salary for that calendar period.
For example, in the image above, the hover is on Oct 23, showing the median salary for that month as £59,000.