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COLAS LIMITED

Company number 02644726 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 16.92% 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 30% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within civil engineering it is around the middle of the pack of 76 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.

-75% -50% -25% 0 +25% +50% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 0.2% 2018/19: 10.4% 2019/20: 9.2% 2020/21: 15% 2021/22: 13.2% 2022/23: 12.09% 2023/24: 31.34% 2024/25: 22.08% 2025/26: 16.92% Median gap 2017/18: 3.9% 2018/19: 12.4% 2019/20: 9.3% 2020/21: 17% 2021/22: 16.7% 2022/23: 13.58% 2023/24: 22.39% 2024/25: 18.99% 2025/26: 15.58% Mean gap 2017/18: 40.4% 2018/19: 40.9% 2019/20: 40.8% 2020/21: 1.3% 2021/22: 38.8% 2022/23: -71.11% 2023/24: -50% 2024/25: 0% 2025/26: -40% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 0.2% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 16.92% 15.58% -40% 10.39% 21.22%
2024/25 22.08% 18.99% 0% 11.85% 32.47%
2023/24 31.34% 22.39% -50% 9.48% 32.13%
2022/23 12.09% 13.58% -71.11% 10.6% 13.6%
2021/22 13.2% 16.7% 38.8% 14.3% 27.8%
2020/21 15% 17% 1.3% 13.4% 21.2%
2019/20 9.2% 9.3% 40.8% 14.9% 21.8%
2018/19 10.4% 12.4% 40.9% 13.1% 25.1%
2017/18 0.2% 3.9% 40.4% 13.2% 16%

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.