Welcome to our comprehensive report on the UK HR industry.
2025 marks the second year we’ve ran Moorepay’s HR trends survey, and we’re delighted to report that we had over 400 respondents!
We began this survey because we’re passionate about keeping the UK HR community (including our customers) up to date and in the know.
This report is intended to help you understand what’s happening by shedding a light on the landscape of HR, taking the experience of professionals across the industry and supporting the findings with our own expertise.
Meaning you can feel informed and supported to make the right decisions for your business.
Methodology
This year, we collected responses from 442 professionals working within the HR industry.
The survey was conducted using an online form (via SurveyMonkey) and promoted on LinkedIn, emailed to Moorepay’s contacts and included in HR Grapevine and HR Magazine news bulletins to subscribers.
The respondents are from a range of business sizes (from 1 to 10,000+ employees) and a variety of industries. Their job titles include HR consultants, directors, business partners, and advisors.
14 headline findings
1. Employee experience and wellness is the top priority for 2025
2. HR initiatives receive less leadership backing than 2024
3. AI usage in HR is due rapid growth
4. Over a third of businesses still aren’t using surveys to measure employee engagement
5. Over 50% of HR professionals are satisfied with their L&D budget
6. Training managers remains the top L&D priority this year!
7. Performance is increasingly unconnected with pay
8. More HR professionals aren’t benchmarking salaries
9. Pay transparency is on the rise
10. Internal recruitment continues to lead the way when acquiring new talent
11. Employee onboarding keeps getting better
12. HR professionals are finding performance management processes more effective
13. Training and education lead ED&I priorities for 2025
14. More businesses have introduced ED&I policies in the last year
