PROTOCOL EDUCATION LIMITED

Company number 02926583 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 11.5% 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 43% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within employment services it is around the middle of the pack 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.

0 +10% +20% +30% +40% +50% +60% +70% 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 13% 2018/19: 16% 2020/21: 20% 2021/22: 18.7% 2022/23: 20% 2023/24: 20% 2024/25: 10.8% 2025/26: 11.5% Median gap 2017/18: 7.7% 2018/19: 9% 2020/21: 9% 2021/22: 9.4% 2022/23: 12% 2023/24: 10% 2024/25: 7.9% 2025/26: 8.9% Mean gap 2017/18: 15.3% 2018/19: 54% 2020/21: 33.2% 2021/22: 26.3% 2022/23: 51% 2023/24: 61% 2024/25: 35% 2025/26: 45.4% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 13% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 11.5% 8.9% 45.4% 73% 81%
2024/25 10.8% 7.9% 35% 72% 80%
2023/24 20% 10% 61% 74% 85%
2022/23 20% 12% 51% 83% 71%
2021/22 18.7% 9.4% 26.3% 82.8% 71.5%
2020/21 20% 9% 33.2% 69% 81%
2018/19 16% 9% 54% 69% 80%
2017/18 13% 7.7% 15.3% 71.7% 78.8%

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.