About IRS pay analysis

Find out more about the analysis behind Pay Intelligence, the comprehensive monthly update on pay settlements from IRS.

IRS pay publications
Pay settlement analysis
IRS pay databank
Pay contacts

IRS pay publications

The content of both IRS Pay Intelligence and Pay and Benefits Bulletin is now published exclusively online, providing features based on original research, timely analysis of pay awards from the IRS pay databank and comprehensive coverage of pay awards and pay trends across the economy. Subscribers to both now have access to the wide range of pay information available on XpertHR. Visit the User guide to find out more about XpertHR's pay content. Visit Why XpertHR? to find out more about the benefits of taking out a full subscription to XpertHR.

Pay settlement analysis

The IRS monthly pay analysis is one of the most influential indicators of the level of pay settlements, and is a unique published source of pay award statistics independent of government, management or trade unions. Our latest research draws on more than 1,000 pay settlements effective between the three-month period to June 2006 and the three-month period to June 2007, entered onto the IRS pay databank. For more about how IRS monitors pay information and tracks settlement trends, read a guide to IRS pay statistics.

IRS pay databank

Established in 1984, the IRS pay databank holds information on more than 25,000 pay awards made during this 23-year period by manufacturing and service employers in the public and private sectors. Most blue-chip organisations operating in the UK and all the main public sector employers are covered. The organisations in the series are the most influential in the economy in pay review "pace-setting". Settlements are collected by IRS pay analysts through direct contact with employers and unions. Details of settlements are entered onto the databank, maintaining an up-to-date record of developments in key sectors of the economy.

Pay contacts

Industrial Relations Services (IRS), tel: 020 8652 3500
EEF, tel: 020 7222 7777
Labour Research Department (LRD), tel: 020 7928 3649
Office for National Statistics (ONS), tel: 020 7533 6094
ONS recorded message, tel: 020 7533 5866 (inflation figures).