Jobs search engine AllTheTopBananas.com analysed data from 780,585 advertised positions between October 2007 and March 2008, for its monthly salary index.
It found the average capital salary advertised was £40,168, up £895 from the figure released in last month’s index.
Across the UK the average salary advertised (excluding London figures) was £29,505, a rise of £715 from last month’s index.
Dave Martin is the MD of AllTheTopBananas.com, the UK’s most helpful jobs search engine.
He said: “Across all of the UK we have seen average advertised salaries rise for several months in a row now.
“There has always been a huge gap between average advertised salaries in London and the rest of UK. Data from the last salary index showed that gap getting smaller, whereas this index shows it growing again.
“It’s hard to predict how it’s going to go for the rest of the year, especially if the UK manages to talk itself into a recession.”
Because of the unique way AllTheTopBananas.com gathers, collects and displays jobs from hundreds of partner websites across the UK, the site has access to enormous amounts of data about the UK jobs market.
Right now the site has 239,789 vacancies online.
Every month it releases the salary index which contains a regional breakdown and figures for the top 50 towns and cities in the UK.
Across the regions in the April salary index, Wales is still second to London, with an average advertised salary of £32,628.
East Anglia is in third place with an average advertised salary breaking through the £31,000 barrier, at £31,209.
And the North East is still at the bottom of the table on £27,131.
The full salary index is online at www.AllTheTopBananas.com/salary.
The full regional figures are:
| Region | Average advertised salary | Sample |
| London | £40,168 | 314,833 |
| Wales | £32,628 | 36,136 |
| East Anglia | £31,209 | 53,112 |
| West Midlands | £30,650 | 50,587 |
| South East | £29,558 | 72,361 |
| South West | £29,349 | 51,384 |
| Scotland | £29,163 | 43,823 |
| East Midlands | £28,991 | 26,734 |
| Yorkshire & Humber | £28,318 | 38,029 |
| North West | £27,605 | 82,971 |
| North East | £27,131 | 10,615 |
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NOTES TO EDITORS
780,585 jobs posted with salary information on AllTheTopBananas.com between October 2007 and March 2008 were analysed
Custom figures for your publication are available on demand
For any further information or to arrange an interview, please contact Dave Martin on 07753 775312, or email dave@allthetopbananas.com
AllTheTopBananas.com is run from a base in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and operates across the UK
The next monthly salary index will be released w/c 19th May 2008