Most employees have not received a pay rise in the last six months, according to the latest quarterly Employee Outlook survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD).

The summer ‘2011 Employee Outlook: focus on pay’, reveals 58% of employees have received a pay freeze since January 2011, while around one in 20 (6%) have had their base pay cut and only one in four (28%) have received a pay rise.

Public sector employees are being hit the hardest with 77% receiving a pay freeze (compared to 52% and 55% in the private and voluntary sector), 4% a pay cut (compared to 7% and 8% in the private and voluntary sector) and 13% a pay increase (compared to 32% and 30% in the private and voluntary sector). Among those who have been lucky enough to receive a pay rise so far this year, the median is 3%.