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MICROSOFT LIMITED

Company number 01624297 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 5.6% 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 61% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within computer programming, consultancy it is in the top quarter of 335 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.

0 +5% +10% +15% +20% +25% +30% +35% +40% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 8.4% 2018/19: 7.9% 2019/20: 10.2% 2020/21: 10.3% 2021/22: 6.9% 2022/23: 6.2% 2023/24: 6.3% 2024/25: 5.3% 2025/26: 5.6% Median gap 2017/18: 6.6% 2018/19: 6.3% 2019/20: 8.3% 2020/21: 10.4% 2021/22: 7% 2022/23: 5.5% 2023/24: 6.1% 2024/25: 6.6% 2025/26: 6.4% Mean gap 2017/18: 11.4% 2018/19: 13% 2019/20: 29.1% 2020/21: 37.5% 2021/22: 20% 2022/23: 26.9% 2023/24: 28.6% 2024/25: 22.9% 2025/26: 17.7% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 8.4% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 5.6% 6.4% 17.7% 29.4% 41.8%
2024/25 5.3% 6.6% 22.9% 27.8% 41.1%
2023/24 6.3% 6.1% 28.6% 28.5% 42.4%
2022/23 6.2% 5.5% 26.9% 26.2% 39.2%
2021/22 6.9% 7% 20% 25.5% 38.4%
2020/21 10.3% 10.4% 37.5% 25% 45.1%
2019/20 10.2% 8.3% 29.1% 24.4% 41.9%
2018/19 7.9% 6.3% 13% 22% 36.2%
2017/18 8.4% 6.6% 11.4% 22.8% 35.3%

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.