Survey & Benchmarking Services
21st Century has a variety of benchmarking options to suit your specific remuneration needs. No organisation is too big or too small. We will always do our best to find a solution that suits your needs and budget.
National Salary Survey
RewardOnline (our live, audited, web based national survey)
In-house Benchmarking:
Individual benchmarks
Niche Surveys:
Industry (shared cost) surveys and customised (tailor made) surveys for clients who may want a more niche set of results, either considering a unique set of jobs or a unique industry view
The value of a Salary Survey
Company strategy and company performance are driven by individuals.
Good HR and Remuneration structures and practices – founded on accurate, reliable benchmarks, will engage individuals – encouraging performance that will drive your strategy. Defensible benchmarks will also ensure that you are in a position to meet all governance requirements.
- Who are my comparators, for both general skills and those that are critical to the survival of my organisation?
- Am I being offered a comprehensive overview of both fixed and variable remuneration?
- What are the benefit practices of leading organisations in the market?
- What are the latest trends?
- Is there a robust sample of participants?
What type of Salary Survey should we be using?
Where do you lose your key resources to? Where do you recruit your key resources from?
The answers to these two questions will generally define which markets and/or groups your organisation will compare itself against. The market may be different for different jobs. Thus, the type of survey used will depend on the appropriate choice of comparator groups.
Do you lose your key resources to (or recruit them from) a defined industry or sector?
Industry Survey (Niche Survey)
All organisations within a particular industry are invited to become involved in the design of the survey. The costs are shared equally amongst all participants. Both the remuneration information and specific positions can be agreed at the outset.
Do you lose your key resources to (or recruit them from) a defined comparator group?
Customised survey
An agreed comparator group is invited to participate and the survey is completely customised to your requirements. The survey could include benchmarking of remuneration and incentive practices as well as broader reward issues as dictated by the client.
Do you lose your key resources to (or recruit them from) all industries and all regions?
Consultation and benchmarking of individual roles
In-house benchmarking – benchmark all the elements of remuneration (both fixed and variable) for unique roles based on your specific company metrics.
Compare your pay practices to those in the market.
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Annual subscription to RewardOnline
Do you lose your key resources to (or recruit them from) a country where survey houses are not active?
Referenced Data
A methodology has been developed to present salary data in countries where survey data is minimal or absent. This methodology has produced an index that is based on audited data sets and measures that have been developed from a multitude of highly reputable data sources.
Confidentiality Promise
Our business rests on commitment to confidentiality of data. Thus under no circumstances would any individual information or any company-specific information be disclosed to any other participant. Our business depends on our commitment to this promise.
National Salary Survey
RewardOnline, our national web-based Salary Survey, is one of the largest and most reputable Salary Surveys in Africa, and is the only Salary Survey in Africa that is audited. Annual audits ensure that the benchmark data is valid and accurate and that our statistical process is robust.
RewardOnline gives you unlimited access – for a full year – to live remuneration data for all positions included in the survey (currently over 1000 positions) across all levels in the organisation (executive, general staff and bargaining unit staff).
Salary Survey data for all types of surveys is housed within RewardOnline.
- RewardOnline is convenient, flexible, and easy to use
- You can filter by the jobs that exist in your company or access the full database of jobs
- You can select the specific percentile results you would like to see.
- You can do market comparisons of your own organisation’s data (by job, by grade and by job family) and conduct compa ratio analyses per individual (to the market or your industry cut) or to all separate industry cuts.
- You can customise your reports for:
- A range of industries
- A range of locations
- Your organisation’s own customised grading systems
- Your organisation’s choice of comparators
- You can access a track record of your own data and benchmark history
- You can export graphs to PDF and Excel
- Different access levels can be set up so that sensitive data can be accessed only by those with permission
- Benchmark data is audited and validated annually by Grant Thornton for accuracy. RewardOnline is currently the only audited survey in Africa, providing a realistic, up-to-date picture of the current remuneration environment.
- Data is refined to take into account a range of business metrics, including:
- company structure and complexity
- company size
- industry
- region
- Grades (including modal grades) are market-related
- Executive data is available for both Private Sector and State Owned Enterprises in South Africa and includes Long Term Incentive data.
- Data is easy to submit. Submit your data once a year via Excel templates sent out by us, or via your payroll.
- We will also send you a defined questionnaire regarding your organisation’s remuneration policy.
- Individual job matching is done by us and the client need only validate the matching.
- Data has been split to detail each element of pay for each position, which will enable you to accurately analyse and compare the elements that make up your organisation’s total reward mix.
Reports include:
- Job correlation (confirmation of the job matches for your inclusion of data in the survey)
- Benchmarks for all the elements of pay for each job
- Compa ratio:
- per individual to the national market
- per individual to your industry cut
- to all separate industry cuts
- Total Guaranteed Package by grade (national market data)
- Comparator group against which your organisation has been compared
Premium reports include:
- Niche reports on remuneration trends
- A niche analysis against your own select comparator group
- You will also have access to the RewardOnline Library, which contains articles reflecting current remuneration trends.
Southern Africa
- South Africa
- National
- State owned entities
- Municipalities
- Namibia
- Lesotho
- Swaziland
- Botswana
- Mozambique
- Mauritius
East Africa
- Kenya
- Burundi
- Ethiopia
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
Central Africa
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Congo (DRC)
- Malawi
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
West Africa
- Cote D’lvoire
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Senegal
Asia
- India
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
The annual subscription fee:
- Is all-inclusive (for all national data on the database)
- Includes initial training
- Includes a complete set of organisation-wide reports
- Imposes no limit to the number of users
In-house Benchmarking
An individual benchmark is helpful for very specific roles that need to be carefully defined and matched in the market.
Executive benchmarks differ, dependent on the size and complexity of the organisation and the role, and it is important to define these parameters to ensure an accurate benchmark. 21st Century can assist with these customised matches, so that you are confident of the information that informs your decision-making.
An individual benchmark also enables you to request specific information, such as market data for short-term and long-term incentive practices and values.
Niche Surveys
A niche survey offers the client a more focused result, as specific comparator groups (industries, sectors, job families and other factors) can be targeted. We currently run over 50 niche surveys annually – industry surveys, snap surveys and customised surveys – and the survey results contribute to our formidable ever-expanding remuneration database, and allow us to present your company with a tailor-made solution.
Current Niche Surveys
2018 Niche Survey Calendar
- Non-Executives Directors in Unlisted Companies (Survey of Practices and Payments)
- Fire and Rescue Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- SETA Remuneration Trends (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Pharmaceutical Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Call Centre Specialists in the Captive Environment (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- What does your Chartered Accountant qualification do for your Remuneration? (Salary, Benefits and Career Paths Survey)
- Remuneration and typical Career Paths for Certified Financial Analysts (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- FMCG Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Forestry Industry (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Commodity Trading Industry (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends for Hospital Managers (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Private School sector (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Event Management Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Digital Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Salary Increase Trends and Projections
- Remuneration Trends for Pharmacists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Medical Aid Administration Sector (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends for Specialists in the Petroleum Sector (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Travel Industry (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Engineering Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends for Specialists in the Automotive Industry (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Water Board Remuneration Trends (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends for Underwriters (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Hotel and Hospitality Sector (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Private Lodge Environment (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- SAP Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends for Niche Property Industry Roles (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Starting Salaries for New Graduates (Salary, Benefits and Career Progression Survey)
- Remuneration Trends specific to Actuarial Roles (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends in the Auditing Profession (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Salary Increase Trends and Projections
- Performance Management Practices
- Remuneration Trends in the Legal Profession (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Call Centre Specialists in the BPO environment (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Remuneration Trends for Laboratory Specialists (Salary and Benefits Survey)
- Medical Device Specialists
- Remuneration Trends specific to GM Roles in the Mining Environment
If you would like to be reminded about any particular survey (or surveys) closer to the time, please:
- click below to email us
- type ‘reminder’ + ‘name of the survey’ you’re interested in in the subject line of your email
We will ensure that you receive further information as soon as it becomes available.