Executive Salary Benchmarking
Executive Salary Benchmarking
When was the last time you reviewed the true value of your executive leadership team?
Attracting and retaining the right executive talent isn’t just about finding the person, it’s about creating the right proposition to make them want to join, stay, and succeed. And that starts with insight, not instinct.
At Douglas Jackson, we offer a robust Executive Salary Benchmarking Service designed to help CEOs, HR Directors, Chief People Officers, and Boards align executive compensation with performance, expectation, and market reality. Our service goes beyond basic data, providing strategic leadership salary analysis to help you attract top executive talent, retain key leaders, and ensure fair and competitive C-suite remuneration that drives organisational success
Why Benchmarking Executive Salaries Matters More Than Ever
1. Attract the right leaders
Top-tier candidates know their value and they’re comparing you to competitors. Effective benchmarking ensures your data driven salary offer meets the market, so you don't lose out, and secure high-impact leadership hires by offering market-competitive executive compensation packages
2. Retain your best people
Executive turnover is expensive, disruptive, and avoidable. Fair, competitive packages based on credible data, boost executive loyalty and engagment. Create long-term executive retention strategies through equitable compensation frameworks.
3. Support equity, trust and transparency
Misaligned pay can damage culture at the very top. Transparent executive pay practices and fair leadership remuneration decisions through better data, gives you clarity and will strengthen organisational culture. Make confident, consistent, and equitable leadership compensation decisions.
4. Align reward with performance and outcomes
Compensation should reflect impact. Our approach helps structure incentive plans that align individual performance with organisational goals, supporting long-term success.
5. Reduce risk and ensure compliance
With increasing scrutiny on executive remuneration, our executive compensation benchmarking reports help you stay informed, responsible, and compliant. We provide insights into regulatory compliance for executive pay and best practices in executive remuneration governance, helping you mitigate executive compensation risks and demonstrate due diligence
What’s Included in Our Benchmarking Package
Bespoke, data-driven insight tailored to your business and market.
Each benchmarking engagement includes:
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A tailored 4-5 page report with detailed insights; industry-specific executive pay data, regional salary variations, compensation trends for senior roles
- We provide market-aligned salary bandings for your targeted executive roles, including C-suite salary bands, senior leadership pay scales, and director-level compensation ranges, ensuring your offers are competitive and fair within your industry and region
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Role scope analysis and job matching to ensure accurate comparisons; precise executive job matching to market roles, accurate comparisons for executive position
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Examples of real market profiles and talent availability; Understand executive talent market dynamics, insights into availability of senior leaders
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Optional gender pay and diversity lens (on request), promote gender pay equity for executives, support diversity in leadership compensation
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Strategic recommendations and discussion points for your leadership team, actionable insights for executive compensation strategy, guidance for leadership remuneration discussions.
You’ll receive both the data and the context to make informed decisions, backed by two decades of market insight across Utilities, Housing, Insurance, Financial Services, Travel, Retail, SaaS, Professional Services and Customer-Led Sectors.
Our Executive Benchmarking Process
Our approach to executive salary benchmarking is thorough and data-driven, ensuring you receive the most accurate and actionable insights:
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Discovery & Needs Assessment: We begin by understanding your specific requirements, organisational structure, and the executive roles you wish to benchmark.
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Data Collection & Analysis: Our experts gather comprehensive market data for executive compensation, leveraging our extensive network and proprietary databases across diverse sectors.
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Custom Report Generation: We analyse the data to produce a tailored executive remuneration report that provides detailed insights and market-aligned salary recommendations.
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Strategic Consultation: We present our findings and engage in a strategic discussion with your leadership team, offering actionable advice on executive pay strategy and talent retention.
Who Benefits from Our Executive Salary Benchmarking Service?
Our Executive Salary Benchmarking Service is invaluable for:
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CEOs, and Managing Directors seeking to optimise executive compensation strategies and ensure their leadership team is competitively rewarded.
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HR Directors and Chief People Officers looking for data-driven insights into executive pay to attract, retain, and motivate top-tier talent.
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Company Boards and Remuneration Committees requiring independent executive compensation advice to fulfill governance responsibilities and make informed decisions.
- Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) Investors: For firms engaged in deal origination, due diligence, and portfolio management, our service provides critical insights into executive compensation for target companies. We help PE and VC firms ensure competitive remuneration packages for portfolio company executives, aligning management incentives with investor returns, and supporting successful exit strategies. This includes expertise in equity structures, carried interest implications, and performance-based compensation within PE-backed and VC-backed businesses.
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Organisations in Utilities, Housing, Insurance, Financial Services, Travel, Retail, SaaS, Professional Services, and Customer-Led Sectors aiming to ensure fair and compliant executive remuneration.
Pricing for Executive and Leadership Salary Benchmarking
Our Executive Salary Benchmarking Service is available from £3,000 + VAT per role/brief.
Multi-role and ongoing partnership packages are available, to discuss which option is right for you, please get in touch to discuss.
