IDR is an independent research organisation specialising in the pay and employment field

Our research covers pay, benefits, reward practice and HR policy. We provide HR professionals with information, data, analysis and tools to help them make intelligent reward decisions.

In 2014 we identified a gap in the market for independent research on pay and reward and IDR is committed to filling that gap. Since then, we have delivered work for a wide range of clients and have a steadily growing subscriber base.

Play video

Pay Benchmarker

Pay Benchmarker will help you to ensure you are paying the right level of salary necessary to recruit, retain and motivate staff in your sector and region. It brings together all of the data collected by IDR with user-friendly functionality.

Learn more Demo

Pay Climate

Pay Climate provides the latest picture on pay awards across all sectors of the economy to enable pay practitioners to accurately assess the current climate on pay. Gain our insights on the key trends and developments in pay.

Learn more Preview

News and events

Keep up to date with company news, press releases, events articles and upcoming conferences from IDR.

View all

Stay informed

Enter your details here to join our mailing list and be alerted when we release open articles, events and research.

By submitting this form you agree to the terms of our privacy policy.

Thank you for signing up to our mailing list

We will be in touch soon.

Cyber Essentials

News

09/06/2026 Kemi Badenoch to call for scrapping of legal equality duty

09/06/2026 New research suggests a 4-day work week would result in a significant improvement to disabled peoples' inclusion at work - IER

09/06/2026 Driverless taxi rollout raises concerns over future of UK cabbies

09/06/2026 NI health: Hospital doctors to strike in pay dispute

09/06/2026 Offshore Wind Fair Work Charter Backed by Nearly 40 Firms

09/06/2026 Staff at Lancashire hospitals to strike over holiday pay refusal

09/06/2026 Tower Hamlets Be Well leisure centre staff to strike over zero-hour contracts

09/06/2026 Northumberland Amcor strikes end after Unite secures pay deal

09/06/2026 Equity agrees major new television deal in Wales on pay and AI

09/06/2026 GMB calls for reform as Parliamentary staff face ‘systemic inequality’

09/06/2026 Union raises alarm over bullying and harassment

09/06/2026 Council building workers to strike over pay

09/06/2026 Haldane Fisher workers set for strike in Newry after pay offer rejected

09/06/2026 Private sector median pay award holds steady at 3.5%

09/06/2026 Unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children could get new rights under Government proposals

09/06/2026 Nationwide nearly doubles CEO’s pay packet to £4.7m despite bonus row

08/06/2026 The £8bn legal crusade engulfing Britain’s biggest retailers

08/06/2026 Equal pay talks have not broken down in Coventry, says city council

08/06/2026 BRC warns government not to ‘regulate flexible jobs out of existence’ | Retail Bulletin

08/06/2026 London registers a renewed fall in permanent placements in May - London Post

08/06/2026 UK pay settlements hold at 3.5% for second month, IDR survey shows

08/06/2026 Workers at JLR supplier 'losing £500 per month' to decide on strike action

08/06/2026 Bedfordshire hospital theatre staff vote for strike action in overtime pay dispute - Bedford Independent

08/06/2026 Goldsmiths staff to strike 'indefinitely' over proposed job cuts

08/06/2026 PCS pressure forces U-turn as Met agrees to retain PCSOs

08/06/2026 Council officers wanted to sack striking bin workers, says ex-Birmingham leader | ITV News

08/06/2026 Bilfinger offshore workers strike suspended

08/06/2026 Parcel delivery giant Yodel cuts 60 lorry driver jobs

08/06/2026 Shipyard worker strikes will risk further delays to Clyde warships – union

08/06/2026 University staff forced to either cover colleagues' work or go without pay

08/06/2026 Quinn Emanuel raises pay for junior lawyers in London to £189,000

08/06/2026 European Cargo airline goes bust with loss of 178 jobs

08/06/2026 M&S launches new traineeship for 1,000 young people

08/06/2026 UK companies opting to hire temporary workers over permanent staff, recruitment firms say

05/06/2026 UK’s Biggest Retailers Cut 18,000 Jobs Since Labour’s Tax Rises

05/06/2026 ‘Dire’: Rapid decline in construction forces more job losses

05/06/2026 UK guaranteed hours consultation raises questions for retail sector

05/06/2026 Charity for working parents to close after nearly five decades due to changing demand and financial pressures - Nursery World

05/06/2026 UCU imposes ‘global academic boycott’ on Sheffield in pay row - Research Professional News

05/06/2026 Goldsmiths ‘relying on reserves to keep the lights on’, says v-c

05/06/2026 Up to 2,000 workers temporarily kicked off Hinkley Point C site after protest

05/06/2026 Government vets step up industrial action in dispute over pay and grading

05/06/2026 Drop in graduate employment ‘a cooling, not a collapse’

05/06/2026 CIoF launches UK-wide surveys to build ‘clearest picture yet’ of fundraising profession

05/06/2026 First day of Sodexo strike in Belfast

05/06/2026 Chase Farm Hospital staff at ISS to take strike action

05/06/2026 UK taxpayers suffer from ‘permafrost’ of allowances frozen for decades

05/06/2026 All staff made redundant as engineering company placed into administration

05/06/2026 1 in 3 employers likely to make staff redundant by 2027 amid worrying findings

05/06/2026 Union suspends museum trust strike following 'offer'

Twitter