34.5%in place
34.5% of organisations in the lumi HR community have voluntary pay gap publication in place (base: 264 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 |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity pay gap published | 18.2% |
| Disability pay gap published | 12.9% |
| CEO pay ratio (voluntary) | 7.6% |
| None | 65.5% |
Definition
Which pay gaps the organisation discloses voluntarily beyond mandatory gender reporting, such as ethnicity, disability, or CEO pay ratio. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.
Read more
- Pay gap reporting and action plans: UK benchmark 2026: the research paper this question is analysed in, with the full distribution, the legal context and what it means for reward decisions.
- Governance & transparency: research, guides and metrics: everything lumi publishes in this area.
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Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/voluntary-pay-gap-publicationLast updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.
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