UK regular pay excluding bonuses rose 3.5% year-on-year to GBP 705 per week in the three months to July 2026, matching the previous period and market expectations. Public-sector pay growth increased to 6.3%, its strongest rate since the three months to December 2025, while private-sector wage growth stayed at 2.9%, its slowest since the three months to October 2020. Wage growth reached 3.1% in wholesale, retail, hotels and restaurants; 2.9% in manufacturing; 3.8% in services; 2.7% in finance and business services; and 0.3% in construction. After inflation, real regular pay increased 0.6%, unchanged from the previous period and its strongest growth since the three months to November 2025.