52.5%Accrued and paid when taken (52-week average pay)
52.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Accrued and paid when taken (52-week average pay)” on holiday pay method for irregular hours (base: 217 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 |
|---|---|
| Paid rolled-up (12.07% on each payslip)alternative | 36.9% |
| Accrued and paid when taken (52-week average pay)common | 52.5% |
| Otherrare | 10.6% |
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
Captures which method calculates holiday pay for irregular-hours and part-year workers, from rolled-up to 52-week averaging. 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/holiday-pay-method-for-irregular-hoursLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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