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Pay levels and awards

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  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Forecasts for pay awards in 2024/2025

    With pay awards continuing to fall, alongside cooling inflation, we examine whether this trend will continue into 2025. Our latest survey explores anticipated pay awards for the next 12 months and the factors influencing these decisions.

  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends October 2024: Pay deals flatten in third quarter but are set to fall in 2025

    We look at the latest data on pay increases and share our forecasts for the likely direction of pay awards in 2025.

  • Date:
    4 October 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Review of pay awards 2024: Industry analysis

    Pay awards across the economy have fallen over the past year, but how have individual sectors and industries fared? We breakdown our pay settlement data to provide a detailed look at pay award activity.

  • Date:
    26 September 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends September 2024: Further signs of downward trend in pay award levels

    In our latest analysis of pay settlements, we chart the decline of pay awards as we turn into the second half of the year.

  • Date:
    26 September 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Review of pay awards 2024: Basic and performance-related pay awards

    Since the historic pay settlements recorded in 2023, pay awards have dipped slightly, but remain among the highest measured in the last 30 years. In this article, we explore all pay delas collected in the last 12 months, providing breakdowns by sector and type of award.

  • Date:
    26 September 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Review of pay awards 2024: Pay bargaining calendar

    In this resource we analyse the peaks and troughs of the pay bargaining year, unveiling the most and least common months for organisations to implement an annual pay review.

  • Date:
    21 August 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends August 2024: Pay awards drop back

    The latest Brightmine analysis shows a slowdown in pay growth overall, with the median pay award returning to the lowest level seen this year.

  • Date:
    25 July 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends July 2024: Recent changes to national living wage keep pay awards close to 5%

    As we reach the halfway point of 2024, the median pay award has consistently remained below 5% in the year so far. The latest Brightmine analysis explores the impact of the recent national living wage rises on pay awards, as well as discussing how the proposals made by the new Labour Government may affect 2025 pay awards. 

  • Date:
    3 July 2024
    Type:
    News

    General election: What the major parties are offering employers

    With the general election taking place on Thursday 4 July, workers will be heading to the polls to have their say on who should form the next government. If you are still undecided on who to vote for, here we round up the major political parties' policies on work-related matters, from skills policy to labour supply.

  • Date:
    26 June 2024
    Type:
    News

    Real wages only £16 a week higher than 2010

    The UK labour market has changed 'beyond recognition' since the Conservatives were voted in, with real wages just £16 a week higher than in 2010.

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