Total average weekly earnings in the UK, including bonuses, increased 4.7% year-on-year to GBP 741 in the three months to November 2025, following a marginally revised 4.8% in the previous period but surpassing market expectations of 4.6%. It marked the softest rise since the three months to August 2024, as private sector wage growth eased to 3.9% from 4.1%, marking the weakest pace since early 2021. In contrast, public sector pay gains edged higher to 7.8%, the highest since July–September 2023, following a 7.7% rise. Adjusted for inflation, total earnings increased 0.8% in the three months to November, the same pace as in the prior period. source: Office for National Statistics
Wages in the United Kingdom increased 4.70 percent in November of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Wage Growth in the United Kingdom averaged 3.45 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 8.90 percent in June of 2021 and a record low of -2.90 percent in March of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings Growth - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.
Wages in the United Kingdom increased 4.70 percent in November of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Wage Growth in the United Kingdom is expected to be 3.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Average Weekly Earnings Growth is projected to trend around 2.30 percent in 2027 and 2.20 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.