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QINETIQ LIMITED

Company number 03796233 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 8.5% lower than men's (5000 to 19,999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 52% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis it is in the top quarter of 87 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.

-5% 0 +5% +10% +15% +20% +25% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 19.3% 2018/19: 19.1% 2019/20: 18.5% 2020/21: 17.9% 2021/22: 15.7% 2022/23: 14.3% 2023/24: 13.4% 2024/25: 11.2% 2025/26: 8.5% Median gap 2017/18: 14.3% 2018/19: 16.6% 2019/20: 14.8% 2020/21: 13.9% 2021/22: 12.6% 2022/23: 11.3% 2023/24: 10.2% 2024/25: 10.2% 2025/26: 8.4% Mean gap 2017/18: 15.6% 2018/19: 21% 2019/20: 20.1% 2020/21: -2.4% 2021/22: 0% 2022/23: -2% 2023/24: 0% 2024/25: 0% 2025/26: 3.8% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 19.3% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 8.5% 8.4% 3.8% 19.8% 32%
2024/25 11.2% 10.2% 0% 18.8% 33.2%
2023/24 13.4% 10.2% 0% 16.9% 32.5%
2022/23 14.3% 11.3% -2% 16.8% 32.8%
2021/22 15.7% 12.6% 0% 17.1% 32.8%
2020/21 17.9% 13.9% -2.4% 15.5% 32.5%
2019/20 18.5% 14.8% 20.1% 14.9% 32.2%
2018/19 19.1% 16.6% 21% 13% 31.4%
2017/18 19.3% 14.3% 15.6% 12.5% 27.4%

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.