UK reward metrics · Pay

How do UK organisations handle typical payment per week of Engineering & Maintenance standby cover?

Source lumi HRBase 74 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

27%No standby allowance paid

27% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No standby allowance paid” on typical payment per week of Engineering & Maintenance standby cover (base: 74 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

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

How UK organisations answered

No standby allowance paid 27% Under £100 12.2% £100 to £199 25.7% £200 to £299 18.9% £300 to £499 13.5% £500 or more 2.7%
Typical payment per week of Engineering & Maintenance standby cover (base: 74 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Typical payment per week of Engineering & Maintenance standby cover: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
No standby allowance paidcommon27%
Under £100rare12.2%
£100 to £199alternative25.7%
£200 to £299rare18.9%
£300 to £499rare13.5%
£500 or morerare2.7%

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

Typical payment per week of Engineering & Maintenance standby cover 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/typical-payment-per-week-of-engineering-maintenance-standby-cover
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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