- Most employers (63 percent) in Japan plan salary increases up to three per cent this year
- In many cases, salary levels of high-skilled professionals in China, Hong Kong and Singapore exceed those in Japan
- For certain roles in Life Sciences and Manufacturing & Operations, salary ranges are slightly higher in Kansai when compared to the same positions in the Kanto region
The 2016 Hays Osaka Salary Guide, released on 10th March, as a supplement to the Hays Asia Salary Guide, provides insights on employment trends for Accountancy & Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Operations, Office Professionals, Sales & Marketing and Supply Chain, covering more than 500 roles in the Kansai region.
The Guide found that for some positions, west Japan’s employers are ready to offer a higher salary range compared to the same positions in the Kanto region.
The higher salary range in west Japan may due in part be from the market differences. Though conditions of the manufacturing sector in west Japan is tough, many businesses perform fairly well as a result of striving to be technologically competitive in the global market. In the pharmaceutical industry, bilingual, senior level candidates are scarce that is leading to a high competition between employers as they battle to secure qualified talent.
Globalisation has been accelerating in West Japan over the years resulting in a fierce competition for bilingual professionals. In order to reduce the risk of talent outflow and losing the current workforce to other regions, Hays recommends that employers continue to review the wage standards for their workforce to align them with the market and reinforce their candidate attraction and retention plans.
For the full Osaka Guide, click here or go to the Hays Japan website.
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For further information please contact Yuki Noro, Public Relations of Hays in Japan on +81 (0) 3 3560 1529 or [email protected]
About Hays
Hays is the leading global specialist recruiting group. It is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Japan KK ("Hays") is the largest foreign recruitment company in Japan and operates across the private sector, providing services for permanent recruitment, contract and temporary roles, RPO (Hays Talent Solutions) and IT Solutions. Hays operates four local offices, serving the Kanto region from 2 offices in Tokyo, Yokohama, and West Japan from central Osaka.
Hays is the only foreign recruitment company in Japan to operate specialist business units composed of professionals with experience and expertise in the sectors they cover. Hays Japan’s thirteen specialisms span Accountancy & Finance, Banking, Finance Technology, Human Resources, Information Technology, Insurance, Legal, Life Sciences, Office Professionals, Property, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain and Manufacturing & Operations.
Hays Japan is the local representative office for Hays plc (the "Group"), a leading global professional recruiting group. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The Group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments.
As at 31 December 2015 the Group employed 9,420 staff operating from 248 offices in 33 countries across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2015:
– the Group reported net fees of £764.2 million and operating profit (pre-exceptional items) of £164.1 million;
– the Group placed around 63,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 200,000 people into temporary assignments;
– 23% of Group net fees were generated in Asia Pacific, 41% in Continental Europe & RoW (CERoW) and 36% in the United Kingdom & Ireland;
– the temporary placement business represented 58% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 42% of net fees;
– Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA