Payroll Insight Report 2027 - In-house

PAYROLL INSIGHTS SURVEY 2026 IN-HOUSE

The median of payrolls per pay professional is 1, with 400 employees per pay professional showing that most in-house teams focus on one payroll with a high number of employees within the business. This is 7% higher than last year showing in-house teams workloads are increasing 1/400

94%

33%

of businesses prefer that candidates have a CIPP-approved qualification, up 32% from 25% last year

use Bacs to process payments to employees

KEY TAKEAWAYS

75% of respondents use salary sacrifice pensions, this remains the dominant pension arrangement despite upcoming National Insurance changes 75% SALARY SACRIFICE PENSIONS

HYBRID 68%

of respondents still using P11Ds in some capacity

Most in-house teams process predominantly monthly payrolls (97%) MOSTLY MONTHLY

in 2029 and increasing National Minimum Wage considerations

77% of in-house teams opt to use a hybrid working arrangement

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In most cases percentages have been rounded to two decimal places for clarity and may not add up to 100%. Graphics may have been rounded to whole percentages.

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