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CENTRICA PLC

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 18.6% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 27% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it is around the middle of the pack of 70 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% +35% +40% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 12% 2018/19: 13.2% 2019/20: 17% 2020/21: 15.3% 2021/22: 6.5% 2022/23: 12.8% 2023/24: 11.7% 2024/25: 18.6% 2025/26: 18.6% Median gap 2017/18: 16.6% 2018/19: 19.5% 2019/20: 29.9% 2020/21: 23.8% 2021/22: 25.3% 2022/23: 22.8% 2023/24: 29.9% 2024/25: 30.1% 2025/26: 25.5% Mean gap 2017/18: 39.4% 2018/19: 24.7% 2019/20: 24.2% 2020/21: 32.5% 2021/22: 10.8% 2022/23: 15.9% 2023/24: 11.8% 2024/25: 9.6% 2025/26: 17.1% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 12% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 18.6% 25.5% 17.1% 33.5% 51.9%
2024/25 18.6% 30.1% 9.6% 31% 50%
2023/24 11.7% 29.9% 11.8% 34% 49%
2022/23 12.8% 22.8% 15.9% 31.3% 43.6%
2021/22 6.5% 25.3% 10.8% 32% 45.1%
2020/21 15.3% 23.8% 32.5% 23.9% 44.5%
2019/20 17% 29.9% 24.2% 25.6% 42.8%
2018/19 13.2% 19.5% 24.7% 29% 42%
2017/18 12% 16.6% 39.4% 25.7% 39.6%

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.