PAY YOUR PEOPLE FAIRLY

Salary benchmarking for SMEs. Know what to pay, defend what you pay.

Independent salary benchmarking for individual roles or your whole team. UK market data, your region, your sector. Paid the right amount means kept the right people.

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What this is

Most SMEs guess at salary. They look at one job board, they ask the new hire what they want, and they hope it lands. Six months later the new joiner has heard what their counterpart earns at the firm next door and is hunting again.

Benchmarking gives you the market data. By role, level, sector and region. We give you the range, the median, and a recommendation for your specific role and budget.

Who this is for

  • You are about to make a hire and want to pitch the salary right
  • An existing team member is asking for a rise and you need to know if they are right
  • You suspect you are underpaying and want to fix it before someone leaves
  • You need to make a redundancy decision and want to know if the role was over-paid
  • You want a structured pay band system across the team

How we help

How we benchmark

Three to five working days, documented and defensible. We use a mix of paid datasets and live market intelligence.

01

Scope the role

Job description, level, location, sector, scope. We need enough to compare against actual market data.

02

Pull the data

Multiple sources: paid HR datasets, live job-board ranges, recruiter intelligence, our own sector experience.

03

Report and recommend

Range, median, and our recommendation. With a one-page summary you can show a candidate or a team member.

What you get

What you get

An evidence-based salary recommendation you can defend in a hiring conversation, a pay review, or to your finance director.

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  • ✓ Scoping call to confirm role and parameters
  • ✓ Multi-source market analysis
  • ✓ Recommended salary range and median
  • ✓ One-page summary report (per role)
  • ✓ Comparison to similar roles in your region
  • ✓ Optional team-wide pay band design

Why fix this now

Replacement costs for a mid-level hire run from three to nine months of salary. One avoided departure pays for years of benchmarking.

£115k

Max unfair dismissal compensation

Statutory cap, April 2026.

£8-15k

Typical legal defence cost

Whether you win or lose.

12-18

Months to a tribunal hearing

Backlog at most regional ETs.

Want to pay the right amount?

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