Across private-sector-services firms, pay awards are in line with the whole economy but some industries have performed better and are delivering higher increases to employees.
The end of the pay pause in the public sector sees a notable uplift in pay settlement levels, but they fail to accelerate as much as in the private sector.
The XpertHR headline level of pay awards remains unchanged for a fifth consecutive rolling quarter, as attention starts to turn to the challenge of the coming pay round.
After an unprecedented rise in the level of pay awards over the past year, we review the trends in both basic pay awards and those based on a measure of performance.
At the halfway point in the year, XpertHR's headline pay award is still some way behind inflation but unchanged for the third consecutive rolling quarter. Could this indicate that pay awards have reached a plateau?