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Pay Benchmarker
Online Benchmarking Tool
Our tool helps HR professionals stay ahead on pay.
Pay Data
Intelligent Decisions
Providing independent data and expert advice on your pay challenges.
Pay Climate
Information Service
Regular bulletins including; pay review analysis; key labour market indicators; inflation forecasts and topical analysis of pay trends.
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.
inflation
Clothing, motor expenditure and food pull inflation down on all measures
average earnings
Private sector earnings rebound from sharp falls in summer 2020
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Why employers should care about ethnicity pay gaps
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Proportion of pay freezes in 2020 is over five times higher than last year
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Pay in retail and retail supply during the 2020 pandemic
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.
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.

Reports
Our specialist pay and benefits reports provide the data and commentary you need for key sectors and areas of reward.
News
15/01/2021 Nurseries have 'third fewer children than normal' - survey | Nursery World
15/01/2021 Junior design jobs dry up while digital roles soar in 2020
15/01/2021 Gateshead International Paint strikes suspended after pay offer accepted
15/01/2021 Norwegian axes long-haul flights and cuts 1,100 Gatwick jobs | Airline industry | The Guardian
15/01/2021 UK workers’ rights at risk in plans to rip up EU labour market rules| Financial Times
15/01/2021 Minister steps up pressure on UK firms over home working | Working from home | The Guardian
15/01/2021 The future of towns and cities post COVID-19 - KPMG United Kingdom
15/01/2021 Employee pension contributions fell by 11% in 2020 - Employee Benefits
15/01/2021 Majority of UK employees feel unsafe in their workplace, study suggests
14/01/2021 Furlough refused to 71% of UK working mothers while schools shut - survey | UK news | The Guardian
14/01/2021 Wightlink staff strikes planned for Isle of Wight Festival weekend | The News
14/01/2021 Linklaters Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gaps Widen | Law.com International
14/01/2021 HarperCollins UK gender pay gap falls slightly to 15.3% | The Bookseller
14/01/2021 Unilever workers will never return to desks full-time, says boss | Working from home | The Guardian
14/01/2021 Charles Cotton: Factors impacting pay strategies - Employee Benefits
14/01/2021 Ernst and Young reports 32.4% mean gender and 36.7% ethnicity pay gaps - Employee Benefits
14/01/2021 Rolls-Royce: Deal reached over Barnoldswick jobs - BBC News
14/01/2021 UK high streets to 'lose up to 40 per cent of stores' due to pandemic : CityAM
14/01/2021 Exclusive: Pimlico Plumbers plots ‘no jab, no job’ policy - CityAM : CityAM
14/01/2021 Debenhams to shut six stores including Oxford Street flagship | Debenhams | The Guardian
14/01/2021 Safespaces becomes Real Living Wage employer
13/01/2021 Coronavirus school closures: Fewer supply teachers 'will get furlough' | Tes
13/01/2021 Nearly half of supermarket workers earn below real living wage, report says | The Independent
13/01/2021 Most in-demand jobs and their salaries, according to LinkedIn - Business Insider
13/01/2021 Morrisons to be first UK supermarket to pay minimum £10 an hour | Morrisons | The Guardian
13/01/2021 Shell to slash more than 300 jobs from Aberdeen workforce | The Scotsman
13/01/2021 Contact centre creates another 400 jobs | TheBusinessDesk.com
13/01/2021 Taylor Guitars becomes employee owned - Employee Benefits
13/01/2021 British Gas workers set to stage fresh five-day strike - Wales Online
13/01/2021 Edinburgh Woollen Mill rescue deal to save 2,000 jobs - BBC News
13/01/2021 Company cars: the electric future is now | Financial Times
12/01/2021 Town Hall brings over 100 cleaning staff back in-house - Hackney Citizen
12/01/2021 Scotland consults on 2.2% wage increase for farmworkers - Farmers Weekly
12/01/2021 Care workers and cleaners at a London home to stage a 3-day strike for a living wage | Morning Star
12/01/2021 Fintech and payments salaries declined by only 1% in 2020
12/01/2021 Fifth of self-isolating workers receiving no sick pay, union warns
12/01/2021 Rishi Sunak warns UK economy will get worse before it gets better | Business | The Guardian
12/01/2021 Retail sales in 2020 worst on record, says BRC trade body - BBC News
12/01/2021 PCS launches OCS security officer industrial action ballot | Public and Commercial Services Union
12/01/2021 Border Force officers to ballot for strikes over roster changes | Morning Star
12/01/2021 Allen and Overy resets emergency paid leave - Employee Benefits
12/01/2021 Asda reports 8.4% mean gender pay gap - Employee Benefits
11/01/2021 What Will Change in UK Employment Law as a Result of Brexit?
11/01/2021 Levelling the playing field | Feature | Law Gazette
11/01/2021 Hope on the horizon for Rolls-Royce at Barnoldswick as Unite strikes landmark deal
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