Category: Pay benchmarking
Part 2: Why Pay Benchmarking Isn't Broken: Turning Market Data Into Better Pay Decisions
Sarah Nash | 28 October 2026
In Part 1, we explored why pay benchmarking remains valuable despite its limitations. The more important question, however, is not whether benchmarking works, it is how organisations should use it.
Part 1: Why Pay Benchmarking Isn't Broken: Understanding What Market Data Can (and Can't) Tell Us
Sarah Nash | 21 October 2026
How Historic Royal Palaces partnered with Innecto to breathe new life into pay and benefits
Holly Coe | 24 July 2025
Through a consultative approach Historic Royal Palaces partnered with Innecto Reward consultants to enable meaningful change to pay frameworks and benefits. Their Head of HR, Chris Lazenby spoke with Holly Coe about the project.
National Living Wage: how is the push towards a ‘genuine’ living wage changing the shape of pay?
Simon Cook | 11 April 2025
Job Evaluation Software | National Living Wage | Pay benchmarking | Job evaluation
The UK's ‘National Minimum Wage’ was introduced in 1999 to protect the lowest paid and has since been expanded to cover over 2 million workers, ensuring they receive a fair rate of pay for their labour.
How Emerald Publishing adopted an “informed, fair and consistent approach to pay”
Spencer Hughes | 07 March 2025
HR software | HR Technology | Pay benchmarking | Pay
To enable a robust and effective Pay Benchmarking process, Emerald Publishing worked with our consultants and adopted our pay benchmarking tool, PayLab.
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Brightmine & Innecto: How will this exciting new partnership benefit clients?
Justine Woolf | 06 March 2025
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Pay & Reward | Pay benchmarking | Reward | Partnerships
This week heralds the start of an exciting new partnership in Pay and Reward between Brightmine (formerly XpertHR) and Innecto Reward Consulting.
Read more about Brightmine & Innecto: How will this exciting new partnership benefit clients?
Brace Yourselves: Reward Storm Incoming
Cathryn Edmondson | 28 February 2025
Pay & Reward | Pay Structure | Pay benchmarking | Reward | Employee Benefits
In even the most optimistic assessment of the current situation, it is hard to foresee a situation where a substantial portion of workers are not left underwhelmed by their pay offers in 2025.
Gender Pay: Top tips for reducing pay gaps in 2025
Justine Woolf | 14 February 2025
Pay & Reward | Pay benchmarking | Pay
Every organisation is different and brings its own challenges and nuances when it comes to its Pay Gap.
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The future of Pay benchmarking – is real-time data worth using?
Mark Macoun | 08 November 2024
Pay & Reward | Pay benchmarking | Pay
Paying workers at a level that is seen to be fair and competitive is vital for any company or organisation wanting to succeed. It is a key cornerstone to attracting and retaining strong talent.
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Pay Benchmarking: Best Practices and Strategies
Amin Uddin | 01 November 2024
In the modern business world organisations are striving to attract and retain top talent with competitive, fair and transparent compensation practices. One crucial building block in this is Pay Benchmarking, which provides insights and comparisons into industry standards and norms, and helps organisations make informed decisions.
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Choose the right data for pay benchmarking
Sarah Lardner | 25 August 2023
Selecting the right pay data to benchmark jobs in your organisation can be challenging at the best of times, not helped by the variety of options available out there, which many are being positioned as ‘real-time’ data.










