UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

What percentage of UK organisations have ethnicity pay gap analysis cadence in place?

Source lumi HRBase 260 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

4.6%in place

4.6% of organisations in the lumi HR community have ethnicity pay gap analysis cadence in place; a further 23.8% have it partly in place (base: 260 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

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

How the base splits

In place 4.6% Partly in place 23.8% Not in place 71.6%
Share of the 260 organisations assessed, 2026 H1. Organisations answering not applicable or don’t know are excluded from the base.

What organisations answered

Ethnicity pay gap analysis cadence: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Yes4.6%
Partially23.8%
No71.5%

Definition

Whether the organisation measures its ethnicity pay gap at least yearly; 'partially' signals partial or inconsistent coverage. 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/ethnicity-pay-gap-analysis-cadence
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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