Innecto Insights report: Autumn 2025 Edition
The combination of a rising wage floor, persistent cost-of-living pressures, and changes to pension tax relief creates a triple challenge for reward professionals.
Yet it also presents an opportunity to rethink reward strategy, to move beyond annual pay increases to a holistic total reward approach, align pay, benefits, and career development with business objectives and affordability, and communicate the full value of employment clearly to employees.
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- The OBR forecasts 3.5% inflation for 2025, but median pay awards for 2026 are projected at 3%.
- Nominal regular earnings growth fell to 4.6% in the three months to September period, down from 4.7% in the prior period, and the lowest since April 2022.
- Latest analysis of pay settlements across all sectors shows a median increase of 3.3% in the three months to October, up from the 3% norm seen throughout 2025.
Supplied by REBA Associate Member, Innecto Reward Consulting
The UK’s largest independent pay and reward consultancy, transforming pay into performance.
