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of full-time employees was 0% across November-January.<br>&#8211; Median full-time employees are making 4.4% more now than they were a year ago.<br>&#8211; Monthly pay growth has stalled since the Chancellor\u2019s Budget, from an average of 1.1% in the three months to October to 0% in the three months to January.<br>&#8211; The Government&#8217;s jobs tax is holding back SMEs from sharing benefits of lower interest rates with workers.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull blog-image-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><figure class=\"blog-template-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Press-release-thumbnails-21.webp\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Purple background with white text reads, &quot;Pay growth flat 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Mood is informative.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Press-release-thumbnails-21.webp 1920w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Press-release-thumbnails-21-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Press-release-thumbnails-21-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Press-release-thumbnails-21-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Press-release-thumbnails-21-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Press-release-thumbnails-21-440x248.webp 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n.media-release-content-container {\njustify-content:center;\n}\n.lead-paragraph {\nmax-width:var(--wp--style--global--content-size)!important;\n}\n.blog-template-tags {gap:var(--wp--preset--spacing--1)!important;}\n@media screen and (min-width:1024px) {\n.blog-template-image {\nwidth:864px;\nheight:546px;\n}\n}\n@media screen and (max-width:468px) {\n.media-release-header {\npadding-bottom:64px;\n}\ndiv#content-wrapper {\nmargin-top:36px!important;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top media-release-content-container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<div id=\"content-wrapper\" class=\"wp-block-group content-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\"><strong>London, 6 Feb<\/strong>: Workers at UK SMEs are not seeing sustained growth in wages as their employers prepare to pay the Government more from April, not their employees, as new legislation announced at October\u2019s Budget kicks in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/0f5e117d-5d99-47f5-a104-fa6434fb9be6-1024x794.webp\" alt=\"Line chart depicting monthly pay growth for SME workers from Jan 24 to Jan 25. Both raw and rolling averages show fluctuations, peaking at 3.6%, then stalling.\" class=\"wp-image-46652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/0f5e117d-5d99-47f5-a104-fa6434fb9be6-1024x794.webp 1024w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/0f5e117d-5d99-47f5-a104-fa6434fb9be6-300x233.webp 300w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/0f5e117d-5d99-47f5-a104-fa6434fb9be6-768x596.webp 768w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/0f5e117d-5d99-47f5-a104-fa6434fb9be6-440x341.webp 440w, https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/0f5e117d-5d99-47f5-a104-fa6434fb9be6.webp 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">91爆料\u2019s SmartMatch Salary Report uses real-time data from 90,000 employees across small businesses with 1-500 employees in the UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">Data from the end of January showed growth in average monthly pay for the last three months was 0%, taking into account a slight rise in December and a drop in January and November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">This compared to an average of 1.1% median pay growth in the three months leading to the end of October, when the Government introduced a Budget that significantly increased the cost of employing people in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">Full-time employment growth has also been anaemic since the Budget, suggesting employers are both wary to take on new staff and wary to give existing staff raises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">January saw a slight pickup in full-time employment of 1.4%, but this followed drops of 1.7% in November and 0.2% in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PAY UNDERLINES NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">The impact of the Government\u2019s Budget is being felt hardest in its traditional heartlands in the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">The median full-time worker at an SME in the north of England saw just 1.6% annual wage growth in the year to the end of January &#8211; well below inflation. This suggests the region&#8217;s SMEs are facing particular challenges in maintaining competitive pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">Greater London continues to offer the highest median annual rate at \u00a341,175, significantly above the next highest region, the East of England at \u00a336,597.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\"><strong>Kevin Fitzgerald, UK MD of 91爆料 commented:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">&#8220;While workers at SMEs are still seeing their pay grow faster than inflation year-on-year, the month-to-month momentum in wage growth has completely stalled. This is particularly concerning as we approach April&#8217;s rise in employer National Insurance contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-paragraph-2-m-font-size\">&#8220;SMEs want to reward their employees and share the benefits of lower interest rates, but the looming jobs tax is forcing them to be extremely cautious with their wage bills. Rather than giving workers the pay rises they deserve, small businesses are having to set aside funds to cover increased tax burdens. This is well set out in the international research on jobs taxes &#8211; it is workers who end up losing the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-11 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-link-arrow is-style-link-arrow--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-btn-brand-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/employmenthero.com\/uk\/media-centre\/\">View all<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query blog-3-col-query-loop is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 alignfull wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-1 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-51361 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized resource-type-press-releases\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-neutral-100-border-color has-white-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-14 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:1px;min-height:100%\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:auto; 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