Pay rates

New and updated

• Type:

  Economic data

  Average earnings

  Updated to include official earnings data from the ONS for September 2025. The next ONS release date is 16 December 2025. 

• Type:

  Economic data

  ONS pay rate data: ASHE 2025

  Updated to include the latest headline pay data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025. The next ONS release date is November 2026. 

• Type:

  Economic data

  ONS gender pay gap data: ASHE 2025

  Updated to include the latest headline gender pay gap data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025. The next ONS release date is November 2026. 

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Pay and the employment contract

  Updated with information on the Government's consultation on the fair pay agreement process in adult social care.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  National Joint Council for Local Government Services pay spine

  Updated to reflect the NJC pay scale, as agreed in July 2025, applicable from 1 April 2025. 

• Date:

  3 January 2025

  Type:

  News

  Cost of employing low-wage staff to hit record high

  The cost of employing low-wage workers will hit a record high in 2025, according to an analysis by the Centre for Policy Studies.

• Type:

  How to

  How to use a salary survey

  Updated to include salary data from Brightmine Compensation Planning as at May 2024.

• Date:

  16 July 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Reward benchmarking - what, why and how

  Cendex's Penne Cecil Hutton talks through reward benchmarking, including when to use it, data sources, and how to effectively benchmark all elements of reward.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Pay review policy

  A model pay review policy.

• Type:

  How to

  How to choose a salary survey

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.