39.9%3 or more days per week
39.9% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “3 or more days per week” on expected workplace attendance for remote-eligible roles (base: 253 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 |
|---|---|
| Fully remoterare | 5.1% |
| Less than once a monthrare | 7.9% |
| 1–2 days per weekalternative | 25.7% |
| 3 or more days per weekcommon | 39.9% |
| Attendance varies widely | 21.3% |
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
How often remote-eligible employees are expected to attend a workplace, from fully remote upwards. 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/expected-workplace-attendance-for-remote-eligible-rolesLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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