How do UK organisations handle salary-history questions removed?

72.3%No

72.3% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on salary-history questions removed (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

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 the organisation has stopped asking candidates about previous salary during recruitment, a practice linked to reducing pay inequity. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.