Are you paid ‘what you’re worth’? – survey results

HR software provider Ciphr recently polled 1,005 UK workers to find out more about how people perceive their salary and when they last asked for (and received) a pay rise.

Key findings:

• Only 41% of employees think they’re being paid ‘what they are worth’ by their employer
• 38% of employees haven’t had a pay rise in over a year
• 43% of employees haven’t requested a pay rise in over a year
• Non-management staff are among the most likely (48%) to think they’re underpaid and the least likely (33%) to have had a pay rise within the last six months

Taking into account your job title and experience, do you think you are paid what you think you are worth?

What percentage pay rise did you receive?

The mean average pay rise was 7.7%, the median pay rise was 3%

Employee’s perception of what they earn compared to the last time they received a pay rise:

The last time employees requested a pay rise compared to the last time they received a pay rise:

Industries / professions reporting the highest percentage of pay rises over the past year:

Industries / professions reporting the highest average pay rises over the past year:

Notes

Ciphr polled 1,005 UK adults on 23 September 2021 as part of a wider survey on the UK’s gender pay gap. 12% of survey respondents work in small companies with 26-50 employees, 28% work in medium-sized companies with 51-250 employees, 22% work in large companies with 251-1,000 employees, 15% work in organisations with 1,001-5,000 employees, and 23% work in enterprises with over 5,001 employees.

The data does not include people who answered ‘prefer not to say’ to one or more question. All statistics have been rounded to the nearest integer or one decimal place. Totals may not sum due to rounding.

Ciphr’s Gender pay gap survey results are available to view at https://www.ciphr.com/gender-pay-gap-survey/.

Further reading: Most workers think their last pay rise was unfair.