Iobs |n 8r|t|sh Archaeo|ogy 2008-2011

8eLween 1993 and 2008, an annual arLlcle called Iobs lo 8tltlsb Atcboeoloqy (Aitchison & Anderson 1995;
Tuner 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999; Malcolm 2000, 2001; Drummond-Murray 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008) was published in 1be Atcboeoloqlst (prevlous named 1be llelJ Atcboeoloqlst). 1hese arLlcles
presenLed lnformaLlon on pay condlLlons ln 8rlLlsh Archaeology uslng daLa collecLed from Lhe adverLlsed
pay raLe of [ob posLlngs on Lhe lfA's !obs lnformaLlon Servlce 8ulleLln (!lS) and ln some of Lhe year's [ob
posLs on Lhe 8rlLlsh Archaeology !obs 8esource (8A!8) webslLe. 1hese arLlcles provlded conLlnual
lnformaLlon Lo archaeologlsLs on salary condlLlons beLween Lhe larger roflllng Lhe rofesslon
publlcaLlons, a census of 8rlLlsh archaeologlsLs Laken every flve years.
1hls arLlcle ls an aLLempL Lo resLarL Lhls LradlLlon of yearly lnslghLs lnLo uk archaeology [obs prevlously
underLaken by kenneLh AlLchlson, Seona Anderson, 8obln 1urner, Cordon Malcolm, and !ames
urummond-Murray. ln a unusually occurrence for a Iobs lo 8tltlsb Atcboeoloqy arLlcle Lhls parLlcular
arLlcle wlll be coverlng several years, Lo flll ln from 2008 Llll 2011, lnsLead of cusLomary slngle year.
1he daLa was gaLhered from boLh Lhe lfA !lS and 8A!8 coverlng Lhe daLes from Aprll 1
sL
2008 Lo March
31
sL
2011. ln 2008 Lhe perlod covered by Lhe !obs ln 8rlLlsh Archaeology arLlcles swlLched from a
calendar year Lo a flscal year. Lach [ob was LreaLed as a slngle daLa polnL and Lhe adverLlsed pay raLe
counLed. lf Lhe [ob posLlng dld noL speclfy Lhe number of [obs belng adverLlse lL was counLed as a slngle
[ob. Where a salary range was glven, Lhe mlddle polnL was used for analysls (keeplng wlLh pasL
publlcaLlons). Pourly, dally or weekly wages were converLed lnLo annual salary equlvalenLs. uue Lo Lhe
larger number of posLlngs for conservaLors Lhls poslLlon was spllL off from speclallsLs lnLo lLs own
caLegory for Lhe 2008-2011 daLa. 1o undersLand how each poslLlon ls deflned please see prevlous lssues
of Iobs lo 8tltlsb Atcboeoloqy.
As can be lmaglned, Lhe 'CreaL 8ecesslon' has Laken a Loll boLh on Lhe number of [obs belng adverLlsed
and ln Lerms of Lhe average pay. Loss of pay can be seen mosL dramaLlcally ln Lhe Lop level poslLlons
such as Senlor C8M/SM8 and ConsulLanLs. 1hese same poslLlons dld see above average rlses ln pay ln
Lhe few years leadlng up Lo Lhe recesslon and Lhls loss of pay slLuaLes Lhese poslLlons closer ln llne wlLh
Lhelr hlsLorlcal averages. An lnLeresLlng occurrence was LhaL wages conLlnued Lo rlse lnLo Lhe recesslon
and dld noL fall Llll lasL year lndlcaLlng some lagglng ln pay condlLlons compare Lo Lhe general economy.
lL wlll be lnLeresL Lo see lf Lhese decllnlng pay raLes conLlnue lnLo 2011-12 or beyond.

uoug 8ocks-Macqueen
lfA sLudenL member
unlverslLy of Ldlnburgh
8esearcher, Landward 8esearch LLd.








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