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Our 2026 Executive Compensation Report offers a practical benchmark for salary, bonus and equity across Seed to Series C businesses in the UK and Europe, grounded in real market data and shaped by live hiring insight. <strong>Some key insights from the report include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cash expectations are up<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equity is more disciplined than ever<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founder succession is being addressed earlier in the growth journey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proven commercial leaders remain the hardest to hire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter your details below to request a copy. Reach out to our team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldhaworth.com\/our-people\/joe-graziano\/\">Joe Graziano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldhaworth.com\/our-people\/mark-hill\">Mark Hill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldhaworth.com\/our-people\/paul-gillespie\/\">Paul Gillespie<\/a> if you wish to discuss further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28050,"template":"","class_list":["post-28047","white-papers","type-white-papers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Executive Compensation Benchmarks and Market Insights for Early-Stage and Scaling Startups - Sheffield Haworth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldhaworth.com\/ar\/white-papers\/executive-compensation-benchmarks-and-market-insights-for-early-stage-and-scaling-startups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Executive Compensation Benchmarks and Market Insights for Early-Stage and Scaling Startups - Sheffield Haworth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Deeptech, leadership hiring often happens before the market has fully defined the role. 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