SERCO LIMITED

Company number 00242246 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 4.9% lower than men's (20,000 or more employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 63% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within activities of head offices; management consultancies it is around the middle of the pack of 323 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.

-125% -100% -75% -50% -25% 0 +25% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 12.6% 2018/19: 10.5% 2019/20: 10.4% 2020/21: 10.3% 2021/22: 6.7% 2022/23: 8.25% 2023/24: 8.8% 2024/25: 6.15% 2025/26: 4.9% Median gap 2017/18: 16% 2018/19: 15.8% 2019/20: 14.9% 2020/21: 13.7% 2021/22: 11.6% 2022/23: 11.29% 2023/24: 9.67% 2024/25: 6.53% 2025/26: 4.8% Mean gap 2017/18: -4.9% 2018/19: -121.1% 2019/20: -90.2% 2020/21: -38% 2021/22: 0% 2022/23: 0% 2023/24: 0% 2024/25: -14.41% 2025/26: -30.33% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 12.6% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 4.9% 4.8% -30.33% 43.36% 50.22%
2024/25 6.15% 6.53% -14.41% 36.1% 49.1%
2023/24 8.8% 9.67% 0% 34.7% 51.3%
2022/23 8.25% 11.29% 0% 37.9% 54.1%
2021/22 6.7% 11.6% 0% 36.4% 48.9%
2020/21 10.3% 13.7% -38% 35.4% 50.9%
2019/20 10.4% 14.9% -90.2% 36% 50.9%
2018/19 10.5% 15.8% -121.1% 33.5% 50.9%
2017/18 12.6% 16% -4.9% 33% 50.8%

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.