UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

What percentage of UK organisations have salary positioning guidelines on promotion in place?

Source lumi HRBase 267 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

39.3%in place

39.3% of organisations in the lumi HR community have salary positioning guidelines on promotion in place; a further 31.8% have it partly in place (base: 267 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

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

How the base splits

In place 39.3% Partly in place 31.8% Not in place 28.9%
Share of the 267 organisations assessed, 2026 H1. Organisations answering not applicable or don’t know are excluded from the base.

What organisations answered

Salary positioning guidelines on promotion: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Yes39.3%
In development31.8%
No28.8%

Definition

Whether formal guidelines set the recommended pay positioning to apply when someone is promoted. 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/salary-positioning-guidelines-on-promotion
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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