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BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED

Company number 01996687 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 4.5% 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 manufacture of other transport equipment it is around the middle of the pack of 45 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 +2% +4% +6% +8% +10% +12% +14% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 7.8% 2018/19: 8% 2019/20: 7.9% 2020/21: 7% 2021/22: 8.4% 2022/23: 7.3% 2023/24: 5.1% 2024/25: 5.2% 2025/26: 4.5% Median gap 2017/18: 9.8% 2018/19: 9.6% 2019/20: 9.6% 2020/21: 8.2% 2021/22: 8.4% 2022/23: 7.3% 2023/24: 7.1% 2024/25: 6.7% 2025/26: 6.1% Mean gap 2017/18: 9.6% 2018/19: 11% 2019/20: 13.3% 2020/21: 12.2% 2021/22: 10.6% 2022/23: 5.5% 2023/24: 3.9% 2024/25: 4.2% 2025/26: 7.5% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 7.8% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 4.5% 6.1% 7.5% 17.8% 28.1%
2024/25 5.2% 6.7% 4.2% 16.1% 28.3%
2023/24 5.1% 7.1% 3.9% 14.8% 28.5%
2022/23 7.3% 7.3% 5.5% 13.7% 28.5%
2021/22 8.4% 8.4% 10.6% 12.1% 29.2%
2020/21 7% 8.2% 12.2% 11.3% 28.3%
2019/20 7.9% 9.6% 13.3% 10% 31%
2018/19 8% 9.6% 11% 9% 31%
2017/18 7.8% 9.8% 9.6% 9% 29%

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.