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  • Date:
    21 May 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends May 2025: Pay deals remain at 3%

    The latest Brightmine analysis shows no change in the direction of pay awards in 2025. With April being the busiest month of the year for pay awards, the pattern of pay deals is becoming clear for 2025.

  • Date:
    23 April 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends April 2025: First quarter pay awards settle at 3%

    Pay settlement levels remain stable across the first quarter of the year, with more of the same predicted as we head into the most common month of the year for pay awards to take effect.

  • Date:
    9 April 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay transparency research 2025

    How transparent are UK organisations about pay? Our research explores this question, examining salary disclosures in job adverts, internal practices, and the potential impact of the EU Pay Transparency Directive on UK employers.

  • Date:
    9 April 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay gaps research 2025

    With pay gap analysis back in the spotlight, our research examines current practice in UK organisations - including employee data collection and types of pay analysis undertaken, as well as employer readiness for ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to engage employees with their reward package through effective communication

    Updated to reflect the new statutory pay rates in force from April 2026. Employers can use this information as a way to demonstrate the value of their reward offering.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Manufacturing and production

    Charts summarising pay awards across the manufacturing and production sector monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Not-for-profit

    Charts summarising pay awards across the not-for-profit sector monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Public services

    Charts summarising pay awards across the public services sector monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Private-sector services

    Charts summarising pay awards across private-sector services organisations monitored by the Brightmine pay databank.

  • Date:
    19 March 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends March 2025: Clear trend of lower pay awards than last year continues

    The Brightmine headline measure of pay awards remains stable in the three months to the end of February 2025, confirming the downward trend in pay settlement levels.

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