32%6–10%
32% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “6–10%” on off-cycle pay increase incidence rate (base: 259 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 |
|---|---|
| 0–5%alternative | 28.6% |
| 6–10%common | 32% |
| 11–20%alternative | 25.1% |
| 21–30%rare | 6.9% |
| 31%+rare | 1.2% |
| Not measured / not tracked | 6.2% |
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
Measures the share of employees given a pay rise outside the annual review cycle, excluding promotions; the answer is a banded percentage. 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/off-cycle-pay-increase-incidence-rateLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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