Job evaluation contracts
UK public sector · 50 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 50
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £46k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £9.8m
- 48 of 50 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 42
- Suppliers
- 21
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See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most job evaluation contracts took 62% of them (31 of 50).
- The median contract, £46k, is 43% below the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council awarded 6% of the job evaluation contracts (3 of 50).
Who buys job evaluation
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council3 contracts£131k
- 2Infected Blood Compensation Authority3 contracts£91k
- 3Sheffield City Council2 contracts£2.8m
- 4Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)2 contracts£500k
- 5Nuclear Restoration Services2 contracts£136k
- 6Historic England2 contracts£40k
- 7The Coal Authority1 contract£2.5m
- 8MERCELL UK LTD1 contract£1.8m
- 9Development Bank of Wales1 contract£180k
- 10VisitBritain / VisitEngland (British Tourist Authority)1 contract£156k
Top job evaluation contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Korn Ferry17 contracts£3.3m
- 2WTW (Willis Towers Watson)4 contracts£196k
- 3Pilat HR Solutions4 contracts£144k
- 4Grant Thornton3 contracts£2.9m
- 5Mike Curtis Reward Solutions3 contracts£102k
- 6Altair Consultancy and Advisory Services Ltd2 contracts£155k
- 7Oliver Wyman1 contract£1.8m
- 8Beamans Ltd1 contract£250k
- 9Mercer1 contract£180k
- 10PwC1 contract£132k
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate) to Beamans Ltd · Awarded 5 October 2026
London Pension Funds Authority to PwC · Awarded 25 September 2026
Wakefield Council to Pilat HR Solutions · Awarded 23 September 2026
West Midlands Combined Authority to Role Mapper Technologies Limited · Awarded 10 September 2026
Northumberland County Council to Pilat HR Solutions · Awarded 3 September 2026
Infected Blood Compensation Authority to WTW (Willis Towers Watson) · Awarded 26 August 2026
Cheshire East Council to Grant Thornton · Awarded 21 August 2026
Pension Protection Fund to 3 R Strategy · Awarded 28 July 2026
Largest
Job Evaluation, Role Review Programme Consultancy Service (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£2.6m
Sheffield City Council to Grant Thornton · Awarded 2 July 2026
The Coal Authority to Korn Ferry · Awarded 13 July 2026
MERCELL UK LTD to Oliver Wyman · Awarded 13 November 2025
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate) to supplier not published · Awarded 5 October 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 43 · Wales 5 · Scotland 2
What is included
Job evaluation under established schemes, pay and grading reviews and pay benchmarking, including training the buyer's staff to maintain the scheme.
- Job evaluation and pay benchmarking review
- Salary benchmarking of internal roles
- Executive remuneration benchmarking
- Hay or Korn Ferry scheme refresher training bought with the review
- Job evaluation methodology
- Job evaluation software and hosted job evaluation systems, including rollout and support
What is not included
- Equality, inclusion and pay gap advice (see Organisational culture, values and EDI advice)
- Assurance audit of incentive scheme outcomes (see Agreed upon procedures)
- Cost and performance benchmarking other than pay (see Performance and cost benchmarking)
- Standalone HR or management training (see Education & Training)
- Payroll and HR casework (see Recruitment & HR)