UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

Do UK organisations monitor pay outcomes by socio-economic background?

Source lumi HRBase 265 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

77%No

77% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No” on socio-economic pay monitoring (base: 265 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

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

How UK organisations answered

Yes 8.7% Considering 14.3% No 77%
Socio-economic pay monitoring (base: 265 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Socio-economic pay monitoring: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Yesrare8.7%
Consideringrare14.3%
Nocommon77%

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 analyses pay outcomes by employees' socio-economic background, already doing so, considering it, or not. 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/socio-economic-pay-monitoring
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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