COSTAIN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

Company number 02440829 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 22.21% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it in the bottom quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 20% 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.

-20% 0 +20% +40% +60% +80% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 27% 2018/19: 27% 2019/20: 27.7% 2020/21: 24.2% 2021/22: 26.9% 2022/23: 25.36% 2023/24: 22.92% 2024/25: 24.21% 2025/26: 22.21% Median gap 2017/18: 26.6% 2018/19: 25.4% 2019/20: 24.8% 2020/21: 21% 2021/22: 20.1% 2022/23: 18.04% 2023/24: 16.05% 2024/25: 19.66% 2025/26: 16.62% Mean gap 2017/18: 40% 2018/19: -12.5% 2019/20: 51.8% 2020/21: 50% 2021/22: 71.4% 2022/23: 45.84% 2023/24: 54.81% 2024/25: 36.04% 2025/26: 39.15% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 27% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 22.21% 16.62% 39.15% 19.81% 49.53%
2024/25 24.21% 19.66% 36.04% 17.92% 49.55%
2023/24 22.92% 16.05% 54.81% 18% 46%
2022/23 25.36% 18.04% 45.84% 16.17% 46.43%
2021/22 26.9% 20.1% 71.4% 16.1% 48.3%
2020/21 24.2% 21% 50% 13% 49.9%
2019/20 27.7% 24.8% 51.8% 12.3% 46.4%
2018/19 27% 25.4% -12.5% 12.7% 46.3%
2017/18 27% 26.6% 40% 9.9% 43.6%

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.