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Hays Salary Guide 2026: Available now


The UK’s trusted guide to salaries and workforce trends is here. Backed by our research from over 5,100 professionals across the UK, it delivers invaluable data and expert analysis to help organisations navigate change, understand emerging workforce pressures, and plan effectively for what’s next.

Hays Salary & Recruiting Trends Guide 2026

This year’s Hays Salary & Recruiting Trends Guide explores the key challenges and opportunities shaping today’s workplace for both employers and employees.

Access our digital guide to discover the findings from our research of 5,100+ professionals, including how employment outlooks are evolving, which skills and roles will be most in demand in 2026, the growing influence of AI on working practices, and the trends set to shape the year ahead.

Workforce solutions: playbooks and guides


Expert guidance to help you design, optimise and evolve your outsourced workforce strategy - from recruitment and contingent labour to integrated, end‑to‑end workforce models and cost efficiencies.

RPO Playbook

Learn how Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) can boost efficiency, reduce hiring pressure, and support high‑volume or hard‑to‑fill recruitment. 

This playbook explains how RPO models work and how to choose the right provider for your organisation.

MSP Guide

Discover how a Managed Service Programme (MSP) can improve visibility, reduce risk and streamline your contingent workforce.

This guide explores common challenges and how a structured MSP model helps address them.

Beyond MSP

Start exploring how organisations move beyond MSP to a Total Workforce Model that brings together permanent, contingent and project‑based talent. 

Learn the principles, sourcing approaches and technology foundations needed to make the transition successfully.

Cost efficiencies report

With budgets under sustained pressure, this report offers practical, data‑led insight to help organisations improve efficiency across recruitment, workforce planning and talent strategy, without cutting corners.

Looking to focus on your career development?

Explore insights to help you progress, grow and plan your next move.

Insights for finance leaders

Insights for tech professionals

Insights for the life sciences sector

Insights for the public sector

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    Strategic Public Sector Spending

    Public sector organisations are under increasing pressure to deliver high‑quality services within tight budgets and ongoing skills shortages. This whitepaper explores how a more strategic, joined‑up approach to workforce planning and recruitment can help reduce costs, strengthen capability and deliver better outcomes across public services.

Prepare for the future of work: Workplace, wellbeing and DE&I insights


Find out how wellbeing, skills, AI‑driven change and DE&I are shaping attraction, retention and performance - and what organisations can do to prepare for the future of work.

Working Well Report 2025: Your blueprint for a healthier, more resilient workforce

While most employers recognise the value of wellbeing, 68% don’t measure its impact. Based on our research from over 3,600 UK professionals and employers, this report explores the state of workplace wellbeing and how organisations can better support their people.

Workforce of the Future: Navigating the skills disruption

Explore emerging talent pools, industry skill shortages and the trends shaping future workforce needs.

Use these insights to build a future‑ready workforce strategy and take practical steps to close your organisation’s skills gaps.

How AI is reshaping the Future of Work

Understand the shifts shaping the modern workplace - from inflation and productivity pressure to the impact of AI and changing workforce expectations.

Strengthen your workforce strategy to respond to AI‑driven change and prepare your organisation for what’s ahead.

Workplace DE&I: Your guide to securing diverse talent

The Hays Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report explores how capturing DE&I data can help organisations build a more diverse workforce. With 61% of professionals actively looking for an employer’s DE&I policy, are organisations doing enough to promote their efforts?

Boosting wellbeing in accounts payable

Gain research‑led insight into the wellbeing challenges facing accounts payable teams. Based on a survey of over 100 AP professionals, this report explores stress, workload, and work‑life balance - and offers practical guidance on how leaders can better support wellbeing in AP teams.

What Workers Want series: Insights to attract top talent


Our What Workers Want report series explores how worker expectations are evolving - from career stage and technology to flexibility, inclusion and new ways of working.

What Workers Want When Applying for Jobs report

Our highly anticipated What Workers Want report is now available for you to access. Discover what almost 11,900 professionals have to say about what makes them more likely to apply for a job as well as what deters them.

You’ll also find out what matters most to different age groups when applying for jobs, the impact of AI on recruitment and how to gather more diversity data during the application process to further your DE&I initiatives. 

  • What Workers Want: Different ways of working

    With the world of work constantly changing, it’s more important than ever to understand how to best support employees whichever working approach your organisation follows.

  • What Workers Want: Working with AI

    Take a closer look at how rapidly evolving artificial intelligence is set to change the way we work and how employers can best support their staff in making the most of AI tools.

  • What Workers Want:
    Older workers

    Find out what attracts and keeps professionals over the age of 50 in a role. We also examine topics such as ageism, flexible working, benefits and more.
     

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