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ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

Company number 01003142 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 3.5% 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 69% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment it is in the top quarter of 103 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: 6.3% 2018/19: 7.1% 2019/20: 7% 2020/21: 2.8% 2021/22: 2.6% 2022/23: 2.1% 2023/24: 2% 2024/25: 2.1% 2025/26: 3.5% Median gap 2017/18: 6.3% 2018/19: 4.9% 2019/20: 5.7% 2020/21: 0.1% 2021/22: 0.7% 2022/23: -0.8% 2023/24: -1.4% 2024/25: -1.7% 2025/26: 1.2% Mean gap 2017/18: 7.4% 2018/19: 8.3% 2019/20: 13.3% 2020/21: 1.3% 2021/22: 24.1% 2022/23: -1% 2023/24: -4.7% 2024/25: 0% 2025/26: -1.1% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 6.3% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 3.5% 1.2% -1.1% 19% 26%
2024/25 2.1% -1.7% 0% 19% 24%
2023/24 2% -1.4% -4.7% 20% 24%
2022/23 2.1% -0.8% -1% 19% 23%
2021/22 2.6% 0.7% 24.1% 18% 25%
2020/21 2.8% 0.1% 1.3% 17% 22%
2019/20 7% 5.7% 13.3% 14% 25%
2018/19 7.1% 4.9% 8.3% 15% 24%
2017/18 6.3% 6.3% 7.4% 14% 24%

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.