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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 11.2% 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 44% of the 9,656 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%: 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.

-200% -150% -100% -50% 0 +50% 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: -4.1% 2018/19: -6.1% 2020/21: -2.5% 2021/22: -1.5% 2022/23: 0% 2023/24: 0.3% 2024/25: -2.2% 2025/26: 11.2% Median gap 2017/18: -3% 2018/19: -4.8% 2020/21: -2.4% 2021/22: -5.1% 2022/23: -5.1% 2023/24: -7.1% 2024/25: -10.4% 2025/26: 0.7% Mean gap 2017/18: -176.7% 2018/19: -8.6% 2020/21: -18.6% 2021/22: -22.4% 2022/23: -12% 2023/24: 16.5% 2024/25: -21.4% 2025/26: 24.2% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the -4.1% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 11.2% 0.7% 24.2% 54.8% 59.4%
2024/25 -2.2% -10.4% -21.4% 43.2% 30.3%
2023/24 0.3% -7.1% 16.5% 35.3% 38.7%
2022/23 0% -5.1% -12% 33.4% 32.2%
2021/22 -1.5% -5.1% -22.4% 39.3% 32.9%
2020/21 -2.5% -2.4% -18.6% 43.9% 32.5%
2018/19 -6.1% -4.8% -8.6% 44% 38%
2017/18 -4.1% -3% -176.7% 41.8% 33.2%

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.