What UK employers actually do on reward, with the base behind every figure. lumi publishes it by subject — pensions and savings, wellbeing, health and protection, time off and family, incentives and recognition, benefits and lifestyle, pay, governance and transparency. Each paper gives the exact question asked, the number of organisations answering it, and the full distribution of answers. Figures are national. Sector and size comparisons are available to members.
Read how lumi works for the method behind every figure.
Pay, leave and family
- Occupational sick pay: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers pay more than statutory sick pay?
- Maternity, adoption and neonatal pay: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay?
- Paternity and shared parental leave: UK benchmark 2026How much paternity and shared parental leave pay do UK employers provide?
- Annual leave and holiday pay: UK benchmark 2026How many days of annual leave do UK employers give?
- Carer's and bereavement leave: UK benchmark 2026What carer's and bereavement leave do UK employers provide?
- Fertility and menopause support: UK benchmark 2026What fertility and menopause support do UK employers provide?
Working patterns
- Flexible, hybrid and remote working: UK benchmark 2026How many days a week do UK employers expect hybrid staff to attend a workplace?
- Overtime, shift and on-call pay: UK benchmark 2026How do UK employers pay for overtime, shift work and on-call?
Pensions and savings
- Workplace pension contributions: UK benchmark 2026How much do UK employers contribute to workplace pensions?
- Salary sacrifice and the 2029 NIC cap: UK benchmark 2026How are UK employers responding to the 2029 salary sacrifice NIC cap?
Incentives and recognition
- Bonus scheme design: UK benchmark 2026How do UK employers design bonus schemes in 2026?
- Long-term incentives and share plans: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers operate a long-term incentive or share plan?
- Recognition and long service awards: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers offer a long service award scheme?
Health, protection and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers offer private medical insurance?
- Group risk benefits: UK benchmark 2026What group risk benefits do UK employers provide?
- Wellbeing and financial wellbeing: UK benchmark 2026What wellbeing and financial wellbeing benefits do UK employers provide?
Governance, pay structures and transparency
- Pay transparency and equal pay: UK benchmark 2026Do UK employers publish salary ranges in job adverts?
- Pay gap reporting and action plans: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers conduct gender pay gap analysis?
- Pay ranges and pay review governance: UK benchmark 2026How do UK employers run and govern their annual pay review?
- AI in reward and pay decisions: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers use AI in pay decisions?
- Allowances, company cars and benefits: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers offer a car allowance?
Restructuring
- Enhanced redundancy pay: UK benchmark 2026What percentage of UK employers offer enhanced redundancy pay?
How to use this research
Every paper reports one collection window, so it describes where UK employers stand, not how practice has changed. Prevalence words follow a set rule: common is the answer most organisations gave, alternative is an answer held by 20% or more but not the most common, and rare is under 20%. None of them is a judgement about what is right for your organisation.
The how-to guides take the same topics and set out the steps, with the law checked at source.
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