31%Peak premium
31% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Peak premium” on seasonal-peak premium or retention bonus (base: 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Peak premiumcommon | 31% |
| Completion bonusalternative | 30% |
| Bothrare | 9% |
| Neitheralternative | 30% |
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 extra pay rewards staff through seasonal peaks, via a premium during the peak, a completion bonus, or neither. 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/seasonal-peak-premium-or-retention-bonusLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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