UK reward metrics · Pay

What percentage of UK organisations have external pay and benefits benchmarking approach in place?

Source lumi HRBase 262 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

55.3%in place

55.3% of organisations in the lumi HR community have external pay and benefits benchmarking approach in place; a further 26% have it partly in place (base: 262 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 55.3% Partly in place 26% Not in place 18.7%
Share of the 262 organisations assessed, 2026 H1. Organisations answering not applicable or don’t know are excluded from the base.

What organisations answered

External pay and benefits benchmarking approach: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Yes – formal/structured (survey data, provider, market analysis)55.3%
Informally only (job adverts, ad hoc, online, ChatGPT)26%
No benchmarking at all18.7%

Definition

Whether external benchmarking data is used to inform pay/benefits decisions, and how formally. 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/external-pay-and-benefits-benchmarking-approach
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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