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BARCLAYS PLC

Company number 00048839 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 62.6% lower than men's (Less than 250 employees).

That puts it in the bottom 10% for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 0% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding it is in the bottom 10% of 345 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 53 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 126 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 554 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,894 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%: 579 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%: 389 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 357 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 9,656 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 +20% +40% +60% +80% +100% 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2018/19: 23.9% 2019/20: 39.6% 2020/21: 59.5% 2021/22: 40.4% 2022/23: 40.1% 2023/24: 61.8% 2024/25: 31.1% 2025/26: 62.6% Median gap 2018/19: 35.5% 2019/20: 21.1% 2020/21: 41.6% 2021/22: 35% 2022/23: 42.4% 2023/24: 49.7% 2024/25: 50% 2025/26: 51.5% Mean gap 2018/19: 9.4% 2019/20: 17% 2020/21: 80.6% 2021/22: 75.8% 2022/23: 57.8% 2023/24: 86.1% 2024/25: 76.6% 2025/26: 85% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 23.9% reported for 2018/19.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 62.6% 51.5% 85% 13% 53%
2024/25 31.1% 50% 76.6% 17% 67%
2023/24 61.8% 49.7% 86.1% 17% 67%
2022/23 40.1% 42.4% 57.8% 29% 57%
2021/22 40.4% 35% 75.8% 33% 67%
2020/21 59.5% 41.6% 80.6% 32% 45%
2019/20 39.6% 21.1% 17% 35% 25%
2018/19 23.9% 35.5% 9.4% 25% 35%

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.