Salary & Rate Guidance

Hiring markets are evolving rapidly, making accurate salary and contractor rate benchmarking more important than ever. Talent Locker’s Salary & Rate Guides bring together real UK hiring data, market insight, and sector expertise to support informed workforce and hiring decisions.

Whether you’re planning permanent recruitment, reviewing contractor day rates, navigating IR35, or sense-checking existing packages, these guides are designed to provide clarity, confidence, and practical market context.

I would highly recommend anyone looking for roles in workplace change or occupancy planning to take a look at The Talent Locker. I found James Saunders to be very attentive, working closely with me to find appropriate and interesting opportunities

Anne Wilson - Workplace Change Consultant

I have worked with Talent Locker for many years and they have always been my go to professionals to assist in recruitment of a variety of roles. They are highly dependable, thorough, and always understand the way in which a business works before engaging.

JON BANCE - GLOBAL IT & DIGITAL DIRECTOR

All too often the recruitment process fails to match you and a suitable role together. James obviously understood the client he was working for and then took the time to listen and understand my experience before linking us together. It was refreshing to be put forward for a suitable role and then supported the whole time that I was in it.

Lynn Gilbert - Workplace Consultant

I have found Sam to be a fantastic Recruitment Consultant. She keeps in constant contact, offers advice on the market and roles and always promptly returns calls and emails. In short I think she’s a great asset to Talent Locker and a credit to her industry.

SHAUN RIMMER - SSM DELIVERY MANAGER AT UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Throughout the recruitment process Kay kept me informed about the progress and provided background information about the role assignment and client background information. Kay was outstandingly professional, efficient, cheerful. I found the progress and successful outcome easy and straightforward because of Kay’s ways of working which were genuinely reassuring before and after meetings with the client. I will be definitely recommending Kay and Talent Locker to my network of professional contractors.

IAN COLPHON - DATA MIGRATION AND CUTOVER MANAGER