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Pay Benchmarker

Online Benchmarking Tool

Our tool helps HR professionals stay ahead on pay.

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Pay Data

Intelligent Decisions

Providing independent data and expert advice on your pay challenges.

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Pay Climate

Information Service

Regular bulletins including; pay review analysis; key labour market indicators; inflation forecasts and topical analysis of pay trends.

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Independent pay data and research, enabling intelligent HR decisions

Incomes Data Research (IDR) was founded with the sole purpose of providing independent data on pay and benefits. Our services enable HR practitioners to make informed, intelligent decisions on pay, reward and HR policy and practice.

IDR viewpoint

Our viewpoints provide insights into our knowledge and expertise relating to pay and employment. Learn how to gain full access.

pay research

Chancellor runs risks with rationale for public sector pay freeze

pay increases

Lower rise in the National Living Wage as economic effects of pandemic take hold

pay increases

Median award falls to 2.0% as outcomes continue to vary

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Pay and Conditions in Road Transport and Distribution 2020

inflation

Inflation up on all measures

average earnings

Earnings growth rebounds in three months to September, but remains uneven

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Services

Pay Review Data

IDR collects 800 salary reviews annually enabling us to continually monitor and analyse pay trends.

Salary Level Data

Our database contains 10,000 salary records, covering 250 job titles from around 900 organisations, enabling robust and accurate market benchmarking.

Benefits Data

Our team collect data on employee benefits provision, covering a wide range of core and non-core benefits.

Benchmarking

IDR can provide bespoke, totally flexible and confidential pay and benefits benchmarking services, covering base pay, total reward and reward strategy.

Bespoke Research

Our experts have the versatility to provide bespoke research and analysis on a wide range of pay and employment topics.

Reward Policy Research

Our independence means we are well suited to conduct research for government bodies, regulators, employers’ bodies, and trade unions.

Pay Benchmarker

Pay Benchmarker will help you to ensure you are paying the right level of salary necessary to recruit, retain and motivate staff in your sector and region. It brings together all of the data collected by IDR with user-friendly functionality.

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Pay Climate

Pay Climate provides the latest picture on pay awards across all sectors of the economy to enable pay practitioners to accurately assess the current climate on pay. Gain our insights on the key trends and developments in pay.

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