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CIENA LIMITED

Company number 03330283 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 28.1% lower than men's (250 to 499 employees).

That puts it in the bottom quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 12% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within telecommunications it is in the bottom 10% of 71 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.

-40% -20% 0 +20% +40% +60% 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2022/23: 21.6% 2023/24: 26.7% 2024/25: 24.9% 2025/26: 28.1% Median gap 2022/23: -36.8% 2023/24: 2.2% 2024/25: 15.7% 2025/26: 18.2% Mean gap 2022/23: 22% 2023/24: 56.5% 2024/25: 41% 2025/26: 55.9% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 21.6% reported for 2022/23.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 28.1% 18.2% 55.9% 12.2% 30.1%
2024/25 24.9% 15.7% 41% 15.6% 30.4%
2023/24 26.7% 2.2% 56.5% 14.3% 31.6%
2022/23 21.6% -36.8% 22% 15.2% 37.3%

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.