Note: Review of Pay Awards Autumn 2022: The budgeted percentage paybill increase for merit pay reviews in the 2022 annual wage round (which commenced on 1 September 2021 and concluded on 31 August 2022).Based on analysis of data from the XpertHR pay databank on UK whole-economy pay settlements, conducted in September 2022. The data relates to an overall total of 1,182 pay settlements covering the pay of 5,319,805 employees.