Highest Salary Jobs in the GCC 2022

  • Publish date: Thursday، 22 December 2022
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According to the latest 2022 Hays GCC Salary Guide, 50 per cent of employers said their biggest challenge when recruiting staff was a shortage of suitable applicants, and another 21 per cent of employers claimed that it was applicants with unrealistic salary expectations. Nineteen per cent of firms expect to face skill shortages in IT and technology fields, particularly across cloud, cyber security, and data.

Here are the highest earning jobs in the GCC

1. Banking & Financial Services CEO

Average of AED 250,000 with a range from AED150,000-AED400,000

2. Accounting & Finance CFO

Average of AED 130,000 with a range from AED90,000-AED160,000

3. Legal CLO

Average of AED 130,000 with a range from AED110,000-AED150,000

4. Construction & Property C-Suite

Average of AED 120,000 with a range from AED90,000-AED300,000

5. Sales FMCG C-Suite

Average of AED 120,000 with a range from AED80,000-AED350,000

6. Human Resource CHRO

Average of AED 95,000 with a range from AED60,000-AED160,000

7. Marketing CMO

Average of AED 85,000 with a range from AED70,000-AED170,000

8. Technology CIO

Average of AED 80,000 with a range from AED60,000-AED120,000

9. Procurement & Supply Chain COO/CPO/General Manager

Average of AED 75,000 with a range from AED55,000-AED90,000

10. Engineering Project Director

Average of AED 65,000 with a range from AED45,000-AED90,000

11. Digital Marketing Director

Average of AED 50,000 with a range from AED50,000-AED85,000

12. Sales Commercial Director

Average of AED 50,000 with a range from AED40,000-AED60,000

13. Office Support Personal Assistant

Average of AED 26,000 with a range from AED18,000-AED30,000

‘Range’ represents the upper and lower salary rates from salary survey responses, as well as from job listings, job offers and candidate registrations with Hays Middle East.

‘Average’ is the typical value of the data (sourced from survey responses, job listings, job offers and candidate registrations with Hays Middle East), which is then rounded to the nearest AED 500.

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