9 Willis Towers Watson alternatives for salary benchmarking in 2026
Whilst WTW has built its reputation over decades, the reality of using their traditional surveys often feels at odds with modern compensation decisions.
Why benchmarking salaries matters
Pay decisions touch every part of an organisation - from culture to cash flow. Salary benchmarking is the discipline that keeps those decisions defensible.
The ultimate guide to salary benchmarking survey providers
Staring at a dizzying array of salary survey providers and unsure which is worth your time and budget? Here's a practical breakdown.
Real-time salary benchmarking providers: a modern solution?
Real-time salary platforms are changing how compensation decisions get made - particularly in fast-moving industries like tech and startups.
The comprehensive guide to salary benchmarking
What benchmarking is, why it matters, and how to do it well - without drowning in spreadsheets or settling for stale data.
How to set salary bands: a guide for HR teams in 2026
Practical, step-by-step guidance on building salary bands that hold up to leadership scrutiny and survive market shifts.
How Mando Group ditched spreadsheets for smart salary decisions
A digital consultancy's journey from week-long benchmarking marathons to evidence-based pay decisions in hours.
Pay reviews: your guide to cutting costs
Where the budget goes during a pay review - and where small process changes save real money without hurting retention.
One company, three industries, countless compensation challenges - solved
A FinTech, insurance, and tech operator solving the multi-industry benchmarking problem with one platform.
What is salary benchmarking?
The plain-English explainer: what salary benchmarking is, what it isn't, and why it sits at the heart of fair pay.
Pay reviews: your guide to wrangling data
The data prep phase makes or breaks a pay review. Here's the order of operations that keeps it sane.
Do you really need salary benchmarking data for pay reviews?
Watch the Stakkd HR Tech interview where Josephine explains how multi-source benchmarking changes the answer.
Making sense of job postings salary data: a no-nonsense guide
Job posting salary data is dynamic and powerful - but only if you know what it actually shows you (and what it doesn't).
So you've got your compensation data - now what?
Data without communication is wasted. How to move from numbers in a spreadsheet to confident pay conversations.
Pay reviews: your guide to market research
Market research sits at the heart of a credible pay review. Here's how to approach it without getting overwhelmed by conflicting data sources.
Pay reviews: your guide to team collaboration
No single person decides an employee's salary. How to bring together HR, finance, and line managers for a pay review that holds up.
Are you on the nice list? Check your pay practices
As the year draws to a close, a checklist for HR teams to review their pay practices — the naughty list and the nice list.
Compensation in 2025: 3 things to plan for
Three key compensation trends to prepare for: pay transparency, real-time data, and manager-led pay conversations.
How Instant Impact prioritised fairness in their pay reviews using Compensation IQ
How a lean People team moved from weeks of manual benchmarking to instant, confident pay decisions — and committed to fairness for a globally dispersed workforce.
How About:Energy doubled pay data confidence with multi-source benchmarks
How a London battery technology company built a transparent, defensible salary framework with Compensation IQ.
Introduction to salary benchmarking
Whatever kind of people leader you are, there's one secret to doing it well: informed decisions. Here's your introduction to salary benchmarking.
Levelling the playing field for salary benchmarking
Salary benchmarking data used to be expensive and slow. Here's why that's changing — and how smaller teams can now compete with larger organisations on pay.
6 reasons to use a salary benchmarking tool
Six concrete reasons to move from manual salary research to a dedicated benchmarking tool — and what you stop getting wrong when you do.
3 reasons line managers avoid 'pay chats' (and how benchmarks help)
Most line managers dread salary conversations. Here are three reasons why — and how having benchmarks in the room changes the dynamic entirely.
5 things to know about the Marketing workforce
What makes the marketing sector unique when it comes to pay: role variety, performance incentives, and what employees actually care about.
Retention and compensation in the Legal sector
Long hours, strong pay, and high attrition: the compensation dynamics that define legal sector retention — and what firms can do about it.
What Financial Services staff think about compensation
When the job is about money, expectations around pay run high. What finance sector employees think about their compensation — and what it takes to keep them.