Market Intelligence
Make the decision with better market evidence.
We provide evidence that supports people decisions: what roles pay, how competitors are structured, where talent is moving and what the market will bear.
The business problem
The question before the appointment.
Compensation and hiring decisions are frequently made against out-of-date benchmarks, or against a general market rather than the specific one the organisation competes in.
We gather primary evidence from the market we are asked about, and present it plainly. Where data is limited, we say so rather than filling the gap with an estimate.
What it includes
The work itself.
- Salary and package benchmarking
- Leadership compensation insight
- Competitor structure and headcount insight
- Hiring trends and market movement
- Talent availability analysis
- Board-ready reporting
Market Intelligence
Make the decision with better market evidence.
Who it is for
- Remuneration and nomination committees
- HR and reward leaders
- Chief executives reviewing team structure
- Investors assessing management capability
When clients involve us
- Setting or reviewing a compensation framework
- Building a business case for a new role
- Understanding why offers are being declined
- Planning entry into a new market
Frequently asked questions
The questions clients raise most often before we begin. If yours is not here, ask it directly and you will get a straight answer rather than a proposal.
- Do you publish benchmark data?
- We share market intelligence through our insights where the evidence supports it. We do not publish figures we cannot stand behind.
- Where does your data come from?
- Primary market conversations, live mandate evidence and verified offer data, supplemented by published sources where they are reliable.
- Can you benchmark a single role?
- Yes. Single-role benchmarking is common ahead of an offer, a counter-offer or a board paper on compensation.
- Do you cover total reward, not just salary?
- Yes. Bonus, long-term incentive, equity, car, pension and benefit norms are all included where the market provides evidence.
- How is the intelligence presented?
- As a short board-ready document with ranges, the sample behind them and a plain statement of where the evidence is thin.
Related services
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Partnership over transaction
Let us talk about the decision ahead.
Tell us about the business question you are considering. We will tell you plainly whether we can help.