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OPTION A LTD

Company number SC398095 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 18.8% 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 26% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within employment services it is in the bottom quarter of 291 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.

-20% 0 +20% +40% +60% +80% +100% 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: -0.6% 2018/19: -1.5% 2020/21: 3.5% 2021/22: 7.5% 2022/23: 14.2% 2023/24: 14.2% 2024/25: 1.3% 2025/26: 18.8% Median gap 2017/18: 0% 2018/19: -1.6% 2020/21: 11.7% 2021/22: 8.8% 2022/23: 13.1% 2023/24: 57.6% 2024/25: -9.9% 2025/26: 31.2% Mean gap 2017/18: 0% 2018/19: 51.2% 2020/21: 86.5% 2021/22: -4.5% 2022/23: 73.9% 2023/24: 73.9% 2024/25: 48.4% 2025/26: -8% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the -0.6% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 18.8% 31.2% -8% 28.6% 39.7%
2024/25 1.3% -9.9% 48.4% 34.4% 32.3%
2023/24 14.2% 57.6% 73.9% 23.2% 31%
2022/23 14.2% 13.1% 73.9% 23.2% 31%
2021/22 7.5% 8.8% -4.5% 29.7% 46.9%
2020/21 3.5% 11.7% 86.5% 32.9% 36.4%
2018/19 -1.5% -1.6% 51.2% 46.2% 45%
2017/18 -0.6% 0% 0% 19% 26%

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.