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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 21% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it in the bottom quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 22% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding it is around the middle of the pack of 345 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% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 31.4% 2018/19: 31.5% 2019/20: 28.4% 2020/21: 29% 2021/22: 24.8% 2022/23: 24.8% 2023/24: 22.7% 2024/25: 21% 2025/26: 21% Median gap 2017/18: 30.4% 2018/19: 32% 2019/20: 32.1% 2020/21: 30.5% 2021/22: 27.4% 2022/23: 29% 2023/24: 22.4% 2024/25: 24% 2025/26: 23% Mean gap 2017/18: 55.1% 2018/19: 49.4% 2019/20: 46% 2020/21: 47.5% 2021/22: 41.5% 2022/23: 41.7% 2023/24: 37.7% 2024/25: 35% 2025/26: 34% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 31.4% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 21% 23% 34% 28% 57%
2024/25 21% 24% 35% 28% 59%
2023/24 22.7% 22.4% 37.7% 28.3% 58.1%
2022/23 24.8% 29% 41.7% 25.6% 60.6%
2021/22 24.8% 27.4% 41.5% 23.6% 59%
2020/21 29% 30.5% 47.5% 21.5% 60.3%
2019/20 28.4% 32.1% 46% 22.1% 63%
2018/19 31.5% 32% 49.4% 22.8% 60.6%
2017/18 31.4% 30.4% 55.1% 20% 60.1%

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.