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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 0.7% lower than men's (500 to 999 employees).

That puts it in the top quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 86% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within land transport and transport via pipelines it is in the top quarter of 233 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% -80% -60% -40% -20% 0 +20% +40% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 4.2% 2018/19: 1.7% 2019/20: 3.1% 2020/21: 2.5% 2021/22: 2.2% 2022/23: 1.1% 2023/24: 1% 2024/25: 1.3% 2025/26: 0.7% Median gap 2017/18: 3.7% 2018/19: 4.1% 2019/20: 5.4% 2020/21: 5.9% 2021/22: 5.6% 2022/23: 4% 2023/24: 5.8% 2024/25: 3.2% 2025/26: 1% Mean gap 2017/18: -25% 2018/19: -4.2% 2019/20: -17.9% 2020/21: 33.3% 2021/22: 0% 2022/23: 0% 2023/24: -90% 2024/25: -63.3% 2025/26: 25% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 4.2% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 0.7% 1% 25% 9.5% 15.6%
2024/25 1.3% 3.2% -63.3% 8.2% 13.7%
2023/24 1% 5.8% -90% 4.2% 13.2%
2022/23 1.1% 4% 0% 4.8% 13.9%
2021/22 2.2% 5.6% 0% 3.6% 17.1%
2020/21 2.5% 5.9% 33.3% 6.3% 15.7%
2019/20 3.1% 5.4% -17.9% 5.2% 13%
2018/19 1.7% 4.1% -4.2% 4.8% 11.4%
2017/18 4.2% 3.7% -25% 5.3% 15.3%

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.