On 5 November 2026 the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, announced that employers will be legally required to publish salary information in job adverts. The government calls it “say what you pay”, and says the law will cover all employers.
Early analysis of the consultation found 94% of respondents in favour, including 93% of businesses. We were one of them. Our response asked for a real salary range on every job advert in Great Britain.
Legislation will follow as soon as possible. Until then, the Prime Minister has asked employers to start publishing pay in their adverts now.
The government will set out the scope, the information employers must publish and how the rule is enforced in due course.
That detail decides whether the law works. A rule that accepts £30,000 to £90,000, or a single “up to” figure, would be met on paper and change nothing for the person applying.
When the government publishes the detail, we’ll set it against the same ten asks here. We’ll also rerun the index, to see whether employers start publishing pay before the law makes them.
Employers don’t have to wait for the law. The Global Employer Pledge starts with showing the pay range in every job post.
Source: New ‘say what you pay’ law to help young people into work, Prime Minister’s Office, 5 November 2026.
