Blog homeApparently it is not very British to talk about salaries….. but thankfully Travel Weekly have, in their most recent magazine, given us an interesting insight and some data that can therefore be shared.
They suggest that a junior programmer may earn £20,000 to £25,000 per year (40,000 to 50,000 USD) while a travel ecommerce director can command a salary of between £70,000 and £80,000 (140,000 to 160,000 USD). From personal knowledge, I can say they are not far off - although there are very few travel companies who actually have an ecommerce director or manager at that level.
One of the problems is that director level ecommerce people just don’t grow on trees. Most large companies won’t trust an individual unless they have 5+ years experience with a good track record - and there are still very few people who have that as the web is still in its early days. Other professions (like a product or commercial person) will have many people in the “recruitment pool” with 5,10, 15 or even 20 years senior experience…..
Oh - if you can’t find an ecommerce director or advisor (or you don’t have an 80k GBP budget) - you could always ask someone like me to help 
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