REMSurveys - Our survey products
dsd Consulting are leading providers of salary information and market trends in the New Zealand market. Our database contains information for over 70,000 individual employees across all industries and job families.
dsd specialise in providing niche market information for industry groups and organisations as well as providing New Zealand's leading private sector benchmark survey - REMonTAP©.
All surveys are conducted on-line, ensuring seamless collection of information and to maximise participation.
dsd regularly undertakes customised remuneration and benefit surveys on behalf of organisations seeking information and insights into unusual roles or 'hard to find' information.
dsd will work with organisations to design a survey specific to your needs. We will then contact target organisations to gain commitment to participate in the survey, and provide you with a summary of the overall results.
dsd works with organisations to design employee feedback and opinion surveys that can be conducted in-house on your behalf. Surveys can cover any number and range of topics that you wish to survey your staff on.
dsd uses the latest on-line data collection software and can customise any survey specific to your needs. As expert facilitators, dsd can work with you to feedback results to staff as an objective third party.
REMonTAP© - National Remuneration Survey
REMonTAP© is a primary source of remuneration data for leading New Zealand organisations who seek a fresh contemporary look at Total Reward Practices and thinking.
Published twice a year, REMonTAP© has approximately 98 participating organisations providing data for over 25,000 employees, across 300 jobs.
REMonTAP© participants may VIEW and download the full survey on-line and access a personalised comparative ratio report.
Administration
Call Centre
Corporate Affairs/Public Relations
Finance
Graduate
Human Resources
Information Technology
Laboratory
Legal/Compliance & Risk
Management
Marketing
Procurement/Supply Chain
Property Management
Sales
Strategy/Quality/Business Improvement/Projects
Submit your remuneration data once and receive two reports annually.
| Data Packs sent out | February |
| Completed submissions due for return | March |
| Publish Date | May |
| Data Packs sent out | August |
| Completed submissions due for return | September |
| Publish Date | November |
| Participant Rate (2 reports bi-annually) | $2,850 (plus GST) |
| Participant Rate (1 report bi-annually) | $1,850 (plus GST) |


CEO and Top Tier Executive Remuneration
dsd Consulting's CEO and Top Tier Executive Remuneration Survey is a primary source of Executive benchmark data for New Zealand's leading private sector organisations, who seek a comprehensive and contemporary look at Total Reward practices, insights and trends for New Zealand's most senior executive roles.
Developed through direct input from key cornerstone clients, the CEO and Top Tier Executive Remuneration Survey provides comprehensive information on executive reward packages and a breakdown of the values of packaged and non-packaged elements in a practical and easy to use format. In addition detailed qualitative and quantitative information is presented on all Short-term and Long-term schemes for each role published, including target levels, actual values paid and the 'ratio of target value' paid.
Participants
This survey is by invitation only and includes New Zealand's leading private sector organisations.
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Business Unit
Head of Corporate Affairs
Head of Human Resources
Head of Marketing
Head of Operations
Head of Procurement/Supply Chain
Head of Sales
Head of Technology
All executive roles are categorised by dsd's job sizing matrix based on company revenue and overall head count which determines the best fit for each organisation.
Submit your remuneration data in May and receive your survey in June each year.
| Data Packs sent out | April |
| Completed submissions due for return | May |
| Publish Date | June |
| Participant Rate (1 copy of the report annually) | POA |
Actuarial Remuneration Survey
The Actuarial Remuneration Survey covers 8 roles relating to this specialist area. The survey includes information from 14 participating organisations. Information is reported by industry discipline, i.e. Fire & General; Life, Disability and Health and Superannuation Benefits.
| Data Packs sent out | February |
| Completed submissions due for return | March |
| Publish Date | April |
Civil & Roading Remuneration Survey
The Civil & Roading Remuneration Survey covers over 100 roles across the Civil & Roading sector. This survey includes information from 17 participating organisations.
Civil/Construction
Commercial/Business
Draughting/Planning
Health & Safety
Lab/Technical
Plant
Procurement/Planning
Quality Assurance
Quarry
Roading/Maintenance
Surveying
Traffic
Water/Maintenance
| Data Packs sent out | April |
| Completed submissions due for return | April |
| Publish Date | May |
Energy Sector Survey
The Energy Sector Survey covers 50 specialist roles within the Hydro, Wind, Geothermal and Gas generation sectors.
| Data Packs sent out | July |
| Completed submissions due for return | August |
| Publish Date | September |
Engineering & Operations
The Engineering & Operations Remuneration Survey covers 103 specialist engineering and operations management roles within manufacturing and production environments.
Automation & Process Control
Business Support
Engineering
Manufacturing & Production
Project & Planning
Quality Assurance/Health & Safety/ Environmental
Sales & Business Development
Supply Chain
| Data Packs sent out | July |
| Completed submissions due for return | August |
| Publish Date | September |
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Remuneration Survey
The FMCG industry survey provides market information for over 120 roles in the FMCG sector. This survey includes information from 12 participating organisations.
Customer Service
Sales - Field Force
Sales - Key Account
Sales - Route
Sales/Category Management/Trade Marketing
Marketing
Production & Planning
Quality Assurance
Research & Development
Supply Chain & Procurement
The FMCG survey is published bi-annually as follows.
| Data Packs sent out | January |
| Completed submissions due for return | February |
| Publish Date | March |
| Data Packs sent out | July |
| Completed submissions due for return | August |
| Publish Date | September |
Fire & General Insurance Industry Survey
The Fire & General Insurance Industry Survey covers over 108 roles across the Fire & General Insurance sector. This survey includes information from ten participating organisations.
Claims
Debt Recovery
Motor Assessors/Loss Adjustors/ Investigators
Risk Surveyors
Underwriting
Account Management
Branch Operations
Compliance
Direct Sales
Product & Pricing
Training
| Data Packs sent out | February |
| Completed submissions due for return | March |
| Publish Date | April |
Institutional Banking Remuneration Survey
This Institutional Banking survey provides marketing for over 100 specialist roles in the Banking and Finance sector. The survey includes information from 14 Banking and Financial Services organisations.
Advisory/Corporate Finance/Debt Capital Markets
Bonds/Capital Markets
Economics
International/Trade Finance
Markets
Relationship Management
Structured Finance
Cash Management
Corporate & Commercial
Funding & Liquidity
Operations/Settlements
Private Banking
Risk Management/Compliance
Treasury
| Data Packs sent out | February |
| Completed submissions due for return | March |
| Publish Date | April |
Legal Industry Survey
The Legal Industry Survey provides information on roles within Legal firms. The survey covers approximately 28 roles specific to the Legal
Industry with information provided by 8 participating organisations.
Law Clerk
Legal Executive
Solicitors
Secretarial
WP Operators
Administration
Finance
Library
Marketing
| Data Packs sent out | July |
| Completed submissions due for return | August |
| Publish Date | September |
Life, Disability & Health Insurance Remuneration Survey
The Life, Disability & Health Insurance Remuneration Survey covers 67 roles specific to the Life, Disability & Health Insurance sector. The survey includes information from 10 participating organisations.
Actuarial
Claims
Pricing
Product
Sales - Intermediated
Sales - Group Business
Sales - Support and Operations
Underwriting
| Data Packs sent out | March |
| Completed submissions due for return | April |
| Publish Date | May |
National Forestry & Mill Operations
The National Forestry & Mill Operations sector survey covers 67 roles specific to this sector. The survey includes information from 16 participating organisations.
Engineering
Finance/Administration
Forestry Operations
Harvesting Operations
Health & Safety/Environment Quality
Human Resources Logistics
Mill Operations
Procurement
Sales/Marketing
Senior Management
| Data Packs sent out | August |
| Completed submissions due for return | September |
| Publish Date | October |
Retail Sector Survey
The Retail Remuneration Survey covers 120 roles specific to this sector. The survey includes information from 17 participating organisations.
Merchandising
Buying
Planning
Quality Control
Store Design & Development
Supply Chain
Customs & Shipping
Distribution
Planning
Supplier Relationship & Procurement
Operations
Call Centre
Health & Safety
Loss Prevention
Retail
Strategy & Planning
Trade Channel
| Data Packs sent out | February |
| Completed submissions due for return | March |
| Publish Date | April |
Conoscenti - Executive Assistant Survey
The Executive Assistant Survey is participation by invitation only for members of Conoscenti.
Contact Conoscenti
| Data Packs sent out | February |
| Completed submissions due for return | March |
| Publish Date | April |
IoD Directors' Fees Survey
dsd manages the IoD Directors' Fees Survey on behalf of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (IoD). More information on the IoD can be accessed via this link: IoD
The IoD Directors' Fees Survey covers the following 9 directorship roles.
- Non-Executive Chairman - Independent
- Non-Executive Chairman - Non Independent
- Executive Deputy Chairman
- Non-Executive Deputy Chairman - Independent
- Non-Executive Deputy Chairman - Non Independent
- Executive Director
- Non-Executive Director - Independent
- Non-Executive Director - Non Independent
The survey includes information from 1,322 Directorships and 780 organisations.
| Data Packs sent out | June |
| Completed submissions due for return | July |
| Publish Date | August |