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AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING LIMITED

Company number 00949665 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 16.2% lower than men's (500 to 999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 31% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within computer programming, consultancy it is around the middle of the pack of 335 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 +10% +20% +30% +40% +50% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 19.2% 2018/19: 21.5% 2019/20: 19.8% 2020/21: 14.1% 2021/22: 19.8% 2022/23: 19.3% 2023/24: 18.6% 2024/25: 17.7% 2025/26: 16.2% Median gap 2017/18: 23.8% 2018/19: 23.5% 2019/20: 23.8% 2020/21: 17.6% 2021/22: 21.4% 2022/23: 24% 2023/24: 22.2% 2024/25: 16.4% 2025/26: 14.3% Mean gap 2017/18: 46.3% 2018/19: 31.1% 2019/20: 28.8% 2020/21: 29.2% 2021/22: 17.1% 2022/23: 34.2% 2023/24: 39.7% 2024/25: 36.7% 2025/26: 24.1% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 19.2% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 16.2% 14.3% 24.1% 36% 57%
2024/25 17.7% 16.4% 36.7% 36% 60%
2023/24 18.6% 22.2% 39.7% 33.8% 58.9%
2022/23 19.3% 24% 34.2% 37% 61%
2021/22 19.8% 21.4% 17.1% 37% 64%
2020/21 14.1% 17.6% 29.2% 35% 59%
2019/20 19.8% 23.8% 28.8% 32% 62%
2018/19 21.5% 23.5% 31.1% 31% 63%
2017/18 19.2% 23.8% 46.3% 35% 60%

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.