63.8%Never
63.8% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Never” on bonus buy-outs for senior hires (base: 265 UK organisations, 2026 H1).
Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.
How UK organisations answered
| Answer | Share of organisations |
|---|---|
| Routinely offeredrare | 15.8% |
| Exceptionallyalternative | 20.4% |
| Nevercommon | 63.8% |
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 the organisation compensates senior recruits for bonuses forfeited on leaving a previous employer, and how often. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/bonus-buy-outs-for-senior-hiresLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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