UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

How do UK organisations handle roles re-graded because of AI?

Source lumi HRBase 262 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

64.5%No

64.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on roles re-graded because of AI (base: 262 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Yes — several roles 6.9% Yes — isolated cases 13% Review underway 15.6% No 64.5%
Roles re-graded because of AI (base: 262 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Roles re-graded because of AI: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Yes — several rolesrare6.9%
Yes — isolated casesrare13%
Review underwayrare15.6%
Nocommon64.5%

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 AI's reshaping of job content has triggered any role re-grading or re-evaluation in the past year; higher options indicate broader impact. 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/roles-re-graded-because-of-ai
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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