What HR DataHub does

HR DataHub is a UK-based HR technology company that provides real-time salary benchmarking as a subscription SaaS platform. Founded in 2018 and operating from Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire (with its registered office in Birmingham), the company aggregates data from over 30 million live and historical UK job postings to deliver daily-refreshed pay intelligence to HR professionals, reward specialists, and recruiters. It positions itself as a faster, lower-cost alternative to traditional salary surveys — citing industry survey costs of £8K–£15K+ and 4–12 month data lag — by eliminating the need for customers to submit their own pay data.

The platform's core product is a self-serve, web-based Salary Benchmarking Tool that provides median, lower quartile, and upper quartile pay ranges for any role, location, or sector in the UK within seconds. It uses the ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) classification, modified by HR DataHub, for role categorisation and supports job levelling against established grading frameworks including WTW, Hay, Mercer, and Radford. Sector-specific modules cover Retail, Logistics, and Finance salary benchmarking, and supplementary offerings include a downloadable Pay Planning and Reward Toolkit, an annual UK Pay Trends Survey Report drawing on 200+ HR leaders, and a Reward School webinar series. The technology stack aggregates data from sources including LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, and other major UK job boards, refreshing 30,000+ new postings daily.

HR DataHub operates a hybrid go-to-market combining product-led growth (self-serve 2-day free trial, transparent pricing, no credit card required) with sales-assisted demos for enterprise prospects. The customer base includes 160+ organisations as of the May 2023 funding announcement — with a publicly stated goal of reaching 500+ within five years — spanning enterprise names such as Tesco, John Lewis, Sainsbury's, Marston's PLC, Brakes, Wilson James, Tysers, MAPP, National Gas, and Greater Anglia, alongside mid-market customers. The company has raised approximately £2.7M in disclosed funding across rounds in September 2020 (ACF Investors) and May 2023 (£1.4M led by Mercia's MEIF Proof-of-Concept & Early Stage Fund), with the most recent capital earmarked for platform enhancement, customer base expansion, and regional job creation in Bedfordshire.

Name

HR DataHub

Legal name

HR Data Hub Ltd

Website

https://hrdatahub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HR DataHub is a UK SaaS platform providing real-time salary benchmarking for HR and reward professionals, aggregating data from over 30 million UK job postings. It serves mid-market and enterprise customers as an affordable alternative to traditional salary surveys.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Salary Benchmarking Software

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Payroll Services (541214)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Analytics, Reporting & Labor Cost Management (BPACAIAL)

Keywords

• Salary benchmarking software
• Compensation data platform
• Pay intelligence analytics
• HR market insights
• Real-time pay data

Headquarters

HQ city

Houghton Conquest

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: HR DataHub operates on a subscription SaaS model where customers pay for ongoing access to the salary benchmarking platform. Pricing is published on the website and is designed to be significantly lower cost than traditional salary surveys (typically £8K-£15K+). The platform offers a 2-day free trial before subscription conversion, with tiered plans based on usage and organisational size. The subscription model enables recurring revenue with land-and-expand potential as organisations extend benchmarking use across teams and roles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

HR DataHub is a web-based SaaS platform that aggregates UK job posting data to provide real-time salary benchmarking insights. The platform pulls data from over 30 million live and historical UK job listings, refreshed daily with 30,000+ new postings ingested each day, and delivers median, upper quartile, and lower quartile pay ranges for any role, location, or sector in the UK within seconds. Customers access the platform without submitting their own salary data, eliminating integration, IT involvement, and Infosec approvals typically required by traditional salary survey participation.

Product overview

HR DataHub is a salary benchmarking SaaS platform consisting of a core Salary Benchmarking Tool powered by real-time data from over 30 million UK job postings. The platform includes sector-specific modules for Retail, Logistics, and Finance salary benchmarking, supplemented by the Pay Planning and Reward Toolkit (downloadable templates and calculators), Reward School (educational webinar series), and the annual 2026 Pay Trends Survey Report. The product operates as a subscription-based self-serve platform requiring no data submission from users, positioning itself as a modern alternative to traditional annual salary surveys.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Salary Benchmarking Tool HR DataHub's primary subscription platform that provides real-time UK salary insights by analyzing data from over 30 million job postings. Users can benchmark salaries by job title, location, industry, skillset, and competitor company to make confident pay decisions without submitting their own data. The platform is designed for HR professionals, rewards experts, and talent acquisition teams in mid-market and enterprise organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pay review cycles reduced from months to days — MAPP (680 employees) reduced pay review time from months to days using HR DataHub's real-time benchmarks
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pave: US-based compensation benchmarking and pay band management SaaS platform. Directly comparable as a data-driven real-time compensation benchmarking tool targeting HR and Reward teams, though primarily focused on the US market rather than the UK.
• Ravio: European real-time compensation benchmarking platform. Strongly comparable given its European focus, real-time data approach, and target customer base of HR and Reward leaders — the closest direct competitor outside the UK.
• Compa: Real-time compensation intelligence platform that uses live job posting data to benchmark pay. Closely comparable on data methodology, real-time positioning, and target buyer (compensation and talent leaders).
• Figures (figures.hr): European compensation benchmarking platform serving HR and People teams. Comparable as a modern, data-driven alternative to traditional salary surveys, with similar target personas and value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Payscale: Long-standing US-based compensation data and software provider. Comparable as an established alternative to traditional surveys, though broader in scope (market data, software, services) and primarily US-focused.
• Mercer: Global HR consulting leader and traditional salary survey provider. Directly comparable on benchmarking methodology (referenced by HR DataHub in levelling frameworks) and represents the legacy incumbent whose customers are migrating toward real-time alternatives.
• Willis Towers Watson (WTW): Global professional services firm with major compensation survey and rewards practice. Directly comparable as a traditional survey provider (WTW grading framework is integrated into HR DataHub), representing core incumbents facing disruption.

Emerging players

• Carta (Total Compensation): Equity management platform that has expanded into total compensation benchmarking. Comparable on data-driven compensation intelligence, though with a stronger equity/private company orientation and broader HCM ambitions.
• Salary.com: Compensation data and software provider offering salary benchmarking tools. Comparable on the benchmarking use case, particularly for SMB and consumer-grade salary lookups, though more US-centric.
• Levels.fyi: Compensation data platform popular in tech and adjacent verticals. Comparable on the data-driven compensation benchmarking model, though focused primarily on tech roles and using crowd-sourced rather than job-posting data.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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