27 Feb 2026
by Hannah English, Susan Waites, James Smith

Hymans Robertson report: Employee benefits 2026: trends and employer priorities

This report includes survey responses from 500 UK corporate finance and pensions decision-makers and insights from 32 corporate clients.

It finds that many employers are modernising benefits, but also that three themes matter most in 2026: adequacy, equity and flexibility.

Download the full report to find out:

  • Access to PMI is uneven 34% restrict eligibility by grade.
  • More than half of surveyed employers now utilise master trust arrangements, 40% have group personal pensions and fewer than 10% still maintain a single-employer trust. 
  • 84% of employers’ set the default employee contribution levels between 3-5% per annum.

Supplied by REBA Associate Member, Hymans Robertson

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