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CIPP Payroll Insights Survey 2027 - Pay Professional

1.How old are you?
Please provide to the nearest whole number without any punctuation / special characters.
2.What gender do you identify as?
3.Where do you live?
4.Which industry best fits your current workplace?
5.What are you working arrangements?
6.If you have a hybrid working arrangement, please indicate the split of office days to remote days
Please provide to the nearest whole number without any punctuation / special characters.
7.How did you enter the pay profession?

Select all that apply
8.What is your current job title?
9.Which of the below options best reflects your level within your organisation?
10.Are you a sole pay professional in your organisation?
11.Please indicate the tasks that are a standard part of your current job role
(Select all that apply)
12.What is your current salary? (not including bonus)
Please provide to the nearest whole number without any punctuation / special characters.
13.In the last year, what bonuses did you receive?
Please provide to the nearest whole number without any punctuation / special characters.
14.How many hours do you work per week?
Please provide as a decimal number
15.How many years have you worked as a payroll professional? To the nearest year
Please provide to the nearest whole number without any punctuation / special characters.
16.How many years have you been at your current employer? To the nearest year
Please provide to the nearest whole number without any punctuation / special characters.
17.How many years have you been in your current role? To the nearest year
Please provide to the nearest whole number without any punctuation / special characters.
18.Which of the following CIPP approved qualifications have you completed?
(Select all that apply)
19.Are you planning to undertake a payroll qualification in the next 12 months?
20.Are you a CIPP member? If so, what is your membership level?
21.What is your highest level of qualification outside of CIPP approved qualifications that is relevant to your current role?
22.Do you currently use AI tools in your role?
23.How do you expect AI to affect your role over the next three years?
24.Are you considering changing roles during the next 12 months?
25.Do you expect to still be in the payroll profession in three years?
26.How supported do you feel in your professional development?
27.Do you believe payroll receives the recognition it deserves within your organisation?
28.How would you rate your current workload?
29.How often do you work outside your contracted hours due to payroll responsibilities?
30.What causes the most pressure in your role?
31.What support would help pay professionals the most?
32.How can the CIPP help with this?
33.Do you have any comments or feedback that you feel would improve future surveys?
34.If you would like to receive a copy of the report when published, please leave your email address below and click "done" to exit the survey.
If you haven't already, please share this with your colleagues, peers and other payroll professionals that would benefit from the results of this survey. The more data we collect, the more useful the resulting report will be. Thank you.

We also have two surveys for completion by a senior representative for your payroll team. Please pass on the link or complete the relevant surveys below for in-house payroll and outsourced payroll services.