Workforce Pulse Survey

Primary research from
284 HR professionals every quarter

The Talenbrium Workforce Pulse Survey is conducted quarterly with HR professionals across seniority levels, industries, and geographies — providing a practitioner reality check on hiring intent, compensation decisions, and skills investment priorities.

n=284
Respondents per quarter
Quarterly
Publication cadence
Q1 2026
Current wave published
About the Survey

Why primary research matters in workforce intelligence

Quantitative job posting data tells us what employers are asking for. The Workforce Pulse Survey tells us what HR professionals are actually planning, experiencing, and deciding — the practitioner reality that market data alone cannot capture.

Each quarterly wave captures hiring intent for the next 90 days, compensation adjustment plans, skills investment priorities, and the specific workforce challenges that HR leaders report as their most significant constraints. This primary data is integrated into Talenbrium's broader intelligence model as a validation and enrichment layer.

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Survey design and methodology

The Pulse Survey is a structured, quantitative instrument with consistent core questions across waves — enabling longitudinal analysis of sentiment and intent trends — supplemented by rotating thematic modules on issues of current strategic relevance.

02

Sample composition

n=284 HR professionals per quarterly wave, stratified across seniority level (analyst to C-suite), industry sector (six covered), organisational size, and geography (US, UK, and Continental Europe). Recruitment conducted through verified professional panels with quality screening.

03

Publication and integration

Findings are published each quarter as a standalone Pulse Report and integrated into Talenbrium's broader intelligence outputs as a practitioner data layer — so every benchmark and market signal is informed by both quantitative market data and primary practitioner research.

Q1 2026 Key Findings
Hiring Intent
64%
of respondents plan to increase headcount in the next 90 days — up 8 percentage points from Q4 2025
Compensation Pressure
71%
report that salary expectations have risen above their current band structure in at least one priority role family
Skills Investment
58%
plan to increase L&D investment in AI and digital skills in the next two quarters
Top Hiring Challenge
Candidate quality
cited by 67% as their primary constraint — above volume and time-to-fill for the third consecutive quarter
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Q1 2026 Workforce Pulse Survey: Full Findings
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