57.6%No
57.6% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on retention or project-completion bonuses (base: 264 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 |
|---|---|
| Formal frameworkrare | 17.4% |
| Case-by-casealternative | 25% |
| Nocommon | 57.6% |
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
Whether bonuses are used to retain or reward completion by employees in critical roles, and whether this is formalised. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
Read more
- Bonus scheme design: UK benchmark 2026: the research paper this question is analysed in, with the full distribution, the legal context and what it means for reward decisions.
- Incentives & recognition: research, guides and metrics: everything lumi publishes in this area.
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/retention-or-project-completion-bonusesLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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