I'm not surprised our wage bill is second highest, as I assume that covers not just the squad & coaches, but all the backroom staff/office staff etc. and hence London salaries for them will be a lot higher than their equivalents in, say, Newcastle.
Except it’s higher than Sarries and Wasps are higher than us - Coventry hardly has London wages....
Suggests a large staff certainly.
Just from personal knowledge there are plenty of sports orgs and lots of not particularly big charities that pay far more for communications staff than they’re paid at Quins - certainly not stellar salaries.