87.3%No
87.3% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on sales commission plans (base: 267 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 |
|---|---|
| Yesrare | 12.7% |
| Nocommon | 87.3% |
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 runs any sales commission or commission-based incentive scheme; a simple yes/no gate. 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/sales-commission-plansLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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