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PLEASE HOLD (UK) LIMITED

Company number 03669221 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 6.4% lower than men's (500 to 999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 58% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within advertising and market research it is in the top quarter of 60 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% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 25.7% 2018/19: 19.7% 2019/20: 23.7% 2020/21: 18.6% 2021/22: 23.9% 2022/23: 17.9% 2023/24: 18.5% 2024/25: 12.8% 2025/26: 6.4% Median gap 2017/18: 31.6% 2018/19: 31.7% 2019/20: 29.1% 2020/21: 23.6% 2021/22: 24.3% 2022/23: 20.8% 2023/24: 20.3% 2024/25: 25% 2025/26: 24.4% Mean gap 2017/18: 42.9% 2018/19: 48.1% 2019/20: 34.5% 2020/21: 35.7% 2021/22: 34.1% 2022/23: 15.8% 2023/24: 8.8% 2024/25: 8.1% 2025/26: 35.2% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 25.7% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 6.4% 24.4% 35.2% 24% 38%
2024/25 12.8% 25% 8.1% 21.6% 37.3%
2023/24 18.5% 20.3% 8.8% 19.2% 36.8%
2022/23 17.9% 20.8% 15.8% 19.3% 40%
2021/22 23.9% 24.3% 34.1% 22.6% 41.9%
2020/21 18.6% 23.6% 35.7% 21.6% 54%
2019/20 23.7% 29.1% 34.5% 15.1% 42.5%
2018/19 19.7% 31.7% 48.1% 9.9% 42.3%
2017/18 25.7% 31.6% 42.9% 12.2% 45.8%

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.