Salaries in the UAE are forecast to rise by 5.7 percent in 2012, according to new research by Towers Watson. The HR company said wages increased by an average of 5.5 percent across all industries during 2011 compared to 4.4 percent the previous year. According to Towers Watson, Saudi Arabia saw the highest average salary rises of the GCC countries in 2011. The Kingdom saw wages increase by 6.2 percent this year, followed by Qatar (5.8 percent), Kuwait and the UAE (5.5 percent), Oman (5.3 percent), and Bahrain (5 percent). t also revealed that the number of companies in the region freezing salaries dropped significantly compared to the previous two years.