UK reward metrics · Pay

How do UK organisations handle typical payment per week of IT / Technology standby cover?

Source lumi HRBase 83 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

30.1%No standby allowance paid

30.1% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No standby allowance paid” on typical payment per week of IT / Technology standby cover (base: 83 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 30.1% Under £100 6% £100 to £199 15.7% £200 to £299 22.9% £300 to £499 16.9% £500 or more 8.4%
Typical payment per week of IT / Technology standby cover (base: 83 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Typical payment per week of IT / Technology standby cover: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
No standby allowance paidcommon30.1%
Under £100rare6%
£100 to £199rare15.7%
£200 to £299alternative22.9%
£300 to £499rare16.9%
£500 or morerare8.4%

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 IT / Technology 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-it-technology-standby-cover
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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