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DRAX POWER LIMITED

Company number 04883589 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 14.86% 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 35% 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.

-100% -75% -50% -25% 0 +25% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 18.3% 2018/19: 19.7% 2019/20: 18.1% 2020/21: 20.6% 2021/22: 14.4% 2022/23: 14.36% 2023/24: 14.81% 2024/25: 14.76% 2025/26: 14.86% Median gap 2017/18: 6.2% 2018/19: 13.9% 2019/20: 12.2% 2020/21: 14.6% 2021/22: 10.5% 2022/23: 10.16% 2023/24: 10.78% 2024/25: 12.59% 2025/26: 12.19% Mean gap 2017/18: -21.2% 2018/19: 0.5% 2019/20: -86.9% 2020/21: -50% 2021/22: -28.3% 2022/23: 1.18% 2023/24: 13.84% 2024/25: 21.85% 2025/26: 19.66% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 18.3% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 14.86% 12.19% 19.66% 26.69% 46.58%
2024/25 14.76% 12.59% 21.85% 26.55% 48.92%
2023/24 14.81% 10.78% 13.84% 26.91% 46.69%
2022/23 14.36% 10.16% 1.18% 24.71% 45.57%
2021/22 14.4% 10.5% -28.3% 21% 48%
2020/21 20.6% 14.6% -50% 19.8% 41.6%
2019/20 18.1% 12.2% -86.9% 16% 36.8%
2018/19 19.7% 13.9% 0.5% 13.4% 35.4%
2017/18 18.3% 6.2% -21.2% 13% 30%

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.