Standing view · pay · Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
improving, held with established confidence, formed on 5 October 2026 from movements in 2026-07.
Pay in Perth and Kinross, and Stirling has been growing. Median pay was 2,523 in June 2025, 2,535 in July, 2,561 in August 2025, then 2,622 in April 2026, 2,638 in May and 2,659 in July 2026, each recorded as favourable against the usual pattern for its month. September 2025 at 2,543 and June 2026 at 2,625 were unfavourable. Six favourable readings against two, with the most recent print favourable and the highest in the series, is a sustained rise, and the view is held as established on the two breaks.
A view is formed only where the evidence names a figure you can check. Each movement listed as a reason had to be large enough to matter and distinctive in at least one way — unusual against this area's own history, unusual against comparable areas, or sustained over several periods. A movement shared with peers counts for less, because it says something about the country rather than about Perth and Kinross, and Stirling. Where no figure supports a direction we hold no view rather than a hedged one.
| Measure | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Median pay | 2025-06 | improving |
| Median pay | 2025-07 | improving |
| Median pay | 2025-08 | improving |
| Median pay | 2025-09 | deteriorating |
| Median pay | 2026-04 | improving |
| Median pay | 2026-05 | improving |
| Median pay | 2026-06 | deteriorating |
| Median pay | 2026-07 | improving |