Stay Ahead with the Hanson Search UK Salary & Benefits Guide 2026

At Hanson Search, we help organisations recruit business-critical roles that drive revenue, reputation, and risk, spanning strategic communications, public affairs, digital marketing, sales, and sustainability leadership. Our UK Salary & Benefits Guide 2026 offers the most current insights into compensation, benefits and hiring trends in the UK’s communications, public affairs, sustainability, and marketing sectors. This guide is a useful resource for employers looking to benchmark their teams and candidates considering their next career move.

Key Highlights

  • Strategic Roles in High Demand: Companies are prioritising roles that drive reputation management, stakeholder influence and commercial outcomes.

  • Long-Term Incentives Gaining Traction: Performance-linked compensation packages are becoming a standard for senior-level hires.

  • Candidate Preferences: Professionals seek leadership credibility, purpose-driven work and greater role flexibility.

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Companies are linking DEI efforts to business performance and talent retention.

What You’ll Find in the Guide

  • Comprehensive Salary Tables: Detailed data across communications, public affairs, sustainability and marketing sectors.

  • Benefits Benchmarks: Insights into standard, competitive and market-leading benefits packages.

  • Expert Insights: Trends and strategies on leadership, DEI and recruitment from Hanson Search’s in-depth market analysis.

Download the UK Salary & Benefits Guide 2026

Get access to the full data, including salary benchmarks and benefits insights, to make informed decisions about your team, hiring strategies, or your next career step. Stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing market.

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    Janie Emmerson: Janie leads our UK and European teams and offices from our London base, guiding and supporting their work across the region. She also heads our Global Government Affairs Practice, leading senior searches for clients across the UK, Europe and North America. With over 20 years of executive search experience,...

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