The Pay and Jobs section shows examples of actual pay rates and salaries for particular jobs in named organisations. It covers more than 200 types of shopfloor and office jobs and shows basic hours of work, shift allowances and other extras as well as basic pay. The data can be searched by region or sector and analysed to generate averages, medians, and lowest and highest midpoint salaries.

The Average Earnings section sets out average weekly earnings, excluding overtime, shift allowances and other extras, for some 300 occupations.

The Briefing gives a concise run-down of pay settlement trends and prospects for the labour market.

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The IDS Pay Benchmark service is compiled by Incomes Data Services Limited, the independent employment research organisation specialising in employment issues.

Posted: 22 January, 2007

IDS Pay Benchmark service is produced by Incomes Data Services, the independent research organisation specialising in employment issues. To find out more about IDS, click on the IDS logo.

The rates of pay used in the Jobs and Pay Rates section were the latest available to IDS at the time of the most recent update. The database is revised and updated at regular intervals during the year.

The figures in the Average Earnings section are calculated by IDS from the annual New Earnings Survey. This survey is run by the Office for National Statistics in April each year and collects details of the earnings of a one percent sample of employees who are covered by the pay-as-you-earn income tax system. The figures used are calculated from the most recently available New Earnings Survey.