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ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED

Company number 03674842 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 4.6% lower than men's (5000 to 19,999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 65% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within activities of head offices; management consultancies it is around the middle of the pack of 323 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 52 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 125 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 553 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,886 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 835 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 698 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 599 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 578 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 527 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 487 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 388 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 356 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 489 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,642 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

0 +5% +10% +15% +20% +25% +30% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 13.2% 2018/19: 13.3% 2019/20: 13.9% 2020/21: 12.3% 2021/22: 10.1% 2022/23: 9.1% 2023/24: 7.1% 2024/25: 7.7% 2025/26: 4.6% Median gap 2017/18: 14.3% 2018/19: 13.5% 2019/20: 12.2% 2020/21: 11.2% 2021/22: 10.5% 2022/23: 9% 2023/24: 8.7% 2024/25: 8.2% 2025/26: 5.8% Mean gap 2017/18: 28.3% 2018/19: 25.5% 2019/20: 25% 2020/21: 24% 2021/22: 21.5% 2022/23: 18.2% 2023/24: 18.9% 2024/25: 19.3% 2025/26: 15.1% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 13.2% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 4.6% 5.8% 15.1% 43% 48.9%
2024/25 7.7% 8.2% 19.3% 43.3% 52.3%
2023/24 7.1% 8.7% 18.9% 42.7% 50.8%
2022/23 9.1% 9% 18.2% 41.2% 50.1%
2021/22 10.1% 10.5% 21.5% 40.2% 49.6%
2020/21 12.3% 11.2% 24% 39.3% 50.4%
2019/20 13.9% 12.2% 25% 39.2% 49.8%
2018/19 13.3% 13.5% 25.5% 38% 51.4%
2017/18 13.2% 14.3% 28.3% 36.7% 50.5%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.