Originally published: Yahoo Finance, March 2019
Boston Link a leading international recruitment agency of professional talent in the field of Finance & iGaming industries, has recently unveiled the exclusive Salary Survey 2019.
Boston Link is a leading name in the field of serving as a professional recruitment agency internationally. Working in the finance & iGaming industry, Boston Link has recently presented its exclusive Salary Survey 2019. The aim of the report submitted as the findings of the survey aims at providing, up-to-date, accurate, and updated figures along with commentary to the major stakeholders such that they are able to keep themselves well-informed about compensation within the given sector. The finance & iGaming industries are known to emphasize significantly on the acquisition as well as retention of highly qualified and experienced talent from all over the world. Given the fact that such insights are critical, Boston Link presents the detailed survey report to the industry players.
Malta has been recently observed as the technology hub for the iGaming industry. However, there have been certain debates since 2018 whether or not Malta has been the victim of the rising trends of the particular industry. The sudden boom in the iGaming industry has contributed to the shortage of suitable space for office and accommodation of certified staff, increasing rents and infrastructure stress. To top it all, regulatory changes in the United States and Sweden along with tax breaks for the iGaming players in Spain are some of the threats to the continued growth of the given industry. With a majority of the arguments doing rounds in the present scenario, the iGaming industry is going strong in the Malta region. Brexit has come up with multiple mega operators in the given region.
As per the reports of the survey by Boston Link, there has been an around 11 percent annual rise in the overall salaries within the iGaming industry in the Malta region. The largest increments have been observed in the Technology & Analytics roles. There has also been a significant increase in the salaries for non-C-level mid-to-senior positions. This, in turn, demonstrates the overall demand for the top-quality industry expertise along with leadership skills. The analysis has come up with another major observation which states that there has been a decrease in the entire lower banding for specific functions including Responsive Gaming, Compliance, and B2B Account Management. In the view of the report, it reveals the willingness of the companies to hire as well as promote an increasing number of junior, inexperienced personnel or talent into some of the key areas while offering extensive training & development solutions at the same time.