If you’re an iGaming professional weighing your next move, gross salary is the wrong number to look at. The iGaming EU partnered with HRLadderBox, to bring on a full salary benchmark across the UK, Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus.

From AI’s impact on junior hiring to the recalibration of compensation and remote work, HRLadderBox has a clear view of how recruitment decisions are actually being made in 2026.

In iGaming, speed of response depends on people and the environment that signals when it is safe to act. Risk doesn’t fail organisations. Waiting does. And waiting tends to emerge when capable people learn that early escalation carries more cost than benefit.

It's been less than 3 months that we have launched iGaming Job Hub on telegram powered by HRLadderBox! We are humbly approaching 500 selective members from the industry in this group. If you haven't joined yet, you can do so by clicking below.

No marketing campaign can save a bad product, you fix the product first. The same goes for people. You can throw perks, slogans, and fancy programs, but if the foundation isn’t solid, nothing sticks. Build the foundation first: hire smart, empower your teams, lead with accountability, respect local nuances, and create systems that actually work. That’s when results truly follow.

I advise companies to use referrals, but I also advise them to control them. Because the risk is not one hire, the risk begins when it becomes a pattern across teams and when referrals stop going through the same level of evaluation as everyone else.