UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

Do UK organisations use AI tools in pay decisions, and with what governance?

Source lumi HRBase 266 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

57.5%No AI use

57.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No AI use” on aI in pay decisions: governance level (base: 266 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

No AI use 57.5% AI with no formal oversight 16.5% AI as decision-support with human over 19.9% AI with human oversight and bias audit 6%
AI in pay decisions: governance level (base: 266 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
AI in pay decisions: governance level: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
No AI usecommon57.5%
AI with no formal oversightrare16.5%
AI as decision-support with human oversightrare19.9%
AI with human oversight and bias auditingrare6%

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether AI tools inform pay decisions and the governance around them, from no use to human oversight with bias auditing. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/ai-in-pay-decisions-governance-level
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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