Latest results published 30 June 2026
The key points from the ASHE Pensions Results show that:
- About three quarters (75.2%) of employees in Northern Ireland belonged to a workplace pension scheme in April 2025, an increase of 2.2 percentage points (pps) from the previous year.
- Occupational Defined Benefit pension has historically been the most common form of workplace pension and continues to account for around a third of workplace pensions. Occupational Defined Contribution has increased sixfold since 2011, from 4% to 26%, making it the second most common workplace pension.
- Employees in the 40-49 age group had the highest pension uptake at 84.2%, closely followed by those aged 50-59 (83.8%).
- More than nine out of ten public sector employees (91%) and around two out of three (65%) private sector employees were members of a workplace pension scheme in 2025. This is an increase of 14pps for public sector employees and 43pps for private sector employees since the introduction of automatic enrolment in 2012.
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