The sample
Who is in the comparison pool
The UK organisations whose reward policy and practice data sit behind every lumi benchmark, by sector and by size.
Counts from the latest benchmark runCounts change as organisations contribute.
- 50–24948
- 250–99951
- 1,000–4,99963
- 5,000–9,99965
- 10,000+48
275
UK organisations
14
sectors, all represented
64%
have 1,000 or more FTE
48
have 10,000 or more FTE
The pool by sector
14 sectors, from 37 organisations to 9.
- Retail & Consumer Goods37
- Logistics, Transport & Distribution35
- Hospitality, Leisure & Travel34
- Construction & Infrastructure30
- Manufacturing & Engineering29
- Public Sector & Government18
- Financial Services14
- Media, Communications & Creative Industries14
- Education (Public & Private)12
- Professional Services12
- Technology, Software & Digital12
- Charity, Non-Profit & Social Enterprise10
- Energy, Utilities & Environmental Services9
- Healthcare & Life Sciences9
The pool by size
From 50 to 10,000+ FTE.
The pool is spread evenly across size bands: no band holds fewer than 48 organisations or more than 65. 176 organisations have 1,000 or more FTE.
- 4850–
249 17% - 51250–
999 19% - 631,000–
4,999 23% - 655,000–
9,999 24% - 4810,000+17%
How to read this page
- UK organisations only.
- Each organisation is counted once, in one sector and one size band.
- Size shares are of all 275 organisations, rounded to whole numbers, so with rounding they can add to 99 or 101.
- lumi covers reward structure and policy. It does not hold base salary levels.
How the figures are built: the methodologyWhat is measured: the metric register