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BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED

Company number 06160534 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 2.1% lower than men's (5000 to 19,999 employees).

That puts it in the top quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 76% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of other transport equipment it is in the top quarter 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.

-4% -2% 0 +2% +4% +6% +8% +10% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 8.4% 2018/19: 3.6% 2019/20: 5.1% 2020/21: 5% 2021/22: 5.6% 2022/23: 4.4% 2023/24: 1.9% 2024/25: 3.1% 2025/26: 2.1% Median gap 2017/18: 8% 2018/19: 2.4% 2019/20: 4.6% 2020/21: 3.6% 2021/22: 4% 2022/23: 2.6% 2023/24: 1.4% 2024/25: 1.9% 2025/26: 2.3% Mean gap 2017/18: 0% 2018/19: -3.7% 2019/20: 4.1% 2020/21: 3.9% 2021/22: 5.9% 2022/23: 0% 2023/24: 0.8% 2024/25: -2.3% 2025/26: 2% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 8.4% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 2.1% 2.3% 2% 18% 24.7%
2024/25 3.1% 1.9% -2.3% 17.2% 23.6%
2023/24 1.9% 1.4% 0.8% 16.2% 18%
2022/23 4.4% 2.6% 0% 15.7% 20.9%
2021/22 5.6% 4% 5.9% 14.7% 19.9%
2020/21 5% 3.6% 3.9% 14% 18.8%
2019/20 5.1% 4.6% 4.1% 14% 19%
2018/19 3.6% 2.4% -3.7% 13% 15%
2017/18 8.4% 8% 0% 12% 19%

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.