85.5%No specific premiums or discounts
85.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No specific premiums or discounts” on pay premiums or discounts for remote roles (base: 220 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 |
|---|---|
| Premiums apply to some remote rolesrare | 6.8% |
| Discounts apply to some remote rolesrare | 4.5% |
| Both premiums and discounts applyrare | 3.2% |
| No specific premiums or discountscommon | 85.5% |
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
Whether remote roles attract specific pay premiums, discounts, both, or no location-based adjustment. 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/pay-premiums-or-discounts-for-remote-rolesLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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