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- Date:
- 22 October 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards have been stable throughout 2025, but lower than seen in the previous two years. We now take stock of the pay setting environment and look ahead to likely activity in 2026.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
To help guide your 2026 pay award planning, explore when pay settlements typically take effect across the economy.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards have cooled in the last 12 months, with the majority of deals being lower than those given in the previous year. As organisations navigate tighter budgets and shifting market pressures, this report reflects on the pay awards delivered in the last year, as collected by Brightmine.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards show little sign of movement, as the median basic settlement stays fixed at 3% over the summer. The latest analysis highlights a continuation of the stability seen throughout 2025.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
As inflation dipped in 2025, the value of pay awards followed suit. We look at our pay settlement data in detail to reveal the differences between sectors and industries over the past year.
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- Date:
- 15 August 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay award levels have remained consistent throughout 2025 so far and show no sign of moving. The latest Brightmine pay award analysis explores the trends in pay deals, as organisations and collective bargaining units continue to settle for 2025.
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- Date:
- 23 July 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Standing steady at a 3% median, pay awards have remained consistent so far in 2025. As public-sector pay deals have started coming into effect, we are seeing these awards remain higher than the private sector, a trend we have recorded consistently since mid-2023.
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- Date:
- 25 June 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards are firmly settled at a median 3%, with no change in the Brightmine headline measure for six rolling quarters. Above-average awards in the public sector keep the sector firmly ahead of the private sector.
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- Date:
- 21 May 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
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.
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- Date:
- 23 April 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
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.