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NEXT RETAIL LIMITED

Company number 04521150 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 10.9% lower than men's (20,000 or more employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 45% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles it is in the bottom quarter of 363 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.

0 +10% +20% +30% +40% +50% +60% 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 1.7% 2018/19: 2.3% 2020/21: 28.3% 2021/22: 26.9% 2022/23: 8.1% 2023/24: 17.3% 2024/25: 17.1% 2025/26: 10.9% Median gap 2017/18: 15.5% 2018/19: 18.9% 2020/21: 20.6% 2021/22: 19.2% 2022/23: 31.2% 2023/24: 27.8% 2024/25: 27% 2025/26: 24.2% Mean gap 2017/18: 24.4% 2018/19: 2.1% 2020/21: 36.7% 2021/22: 59% 2022/23: 25.1% 2023/24: 32.9% 2024/25: 33.5% 2025/26: 32.7% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the 1.7% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 10.9% 24.2% 32.7% 54% 77%
2024/25 17.1% 27% 33.5% 54% 79%
2023/24 17.3% 27.8% 32.9% 52% 76%
2022/23 8.1% 31.2% 25.1% 55% 76%
2021/22 26.9% 19.2% 59% 44% 75%
2020/21 28.3% 20.6% 36.7% 46% 75%
2018/19 2.3% 18.9% 2.1% 60% 68%
2017/18 1.7% 15.5% 24.4% 60% 69%

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.