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HOWCO GROUP PLC

Company number SC079844 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 6% lower than men's (250 to 499 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 59% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of basic metals it is around the middle of the pack of 32 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.

-200% -150% -100% -50% 0 +50% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 17.5% 2018/19: 6.8% 2019/20: 10.3% 2020/21: 7.5% 2021/22: 2.5% 2022/23: 14% 2023/24: 1% 2024/25: 7% 2025/26: 6% Median gap 2017/18: 12.2% 2018/19: 12% 2019/20: 7.3% 2020/21: 1.2% 2021/22: -8.7% 2022/23: -4% 2023/24: -9% 2024/25: 1% 2025/26: -1% Mean gap 2017/18: 14.9% 2018/19: 5% 2019/20: 0% 2020/21: 0% 2021/22: -184.4% 2023/24: 60% 2024/25: -116% 2025/26: -36% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 17.5% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 6% -1% -36% 15% 18%
2024/25 7% 1% -116% 18% 19%
2023/24 1% -9% 60% 16% 19%
2022/23 14% -4% — 12% 22%
2021/22 2.5% -8.7% -184.4% 15.6% 15.7%
2020/21 7.5% 1.2% 0% 11.7% 15.6%
2019/20 10.3% 7.3% 0% 14% 17.2%
2018/19 6.8% 12% 5% 8.5% 16%
2017/18 17.5% 12.2% 14.9% 8% 17.1%

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.