WATES GROUP SERVICES LIMITED

Company number 00340931 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 29.9% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it in the bottom quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 10% of the 9,642 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within office administrative, office support and other business support activities it is in the bottom 10% of 529 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 +25% +50% +75% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 33% 2018/19: 37.4% 2019/20: 36.8% 2020/21: 47.1% 2021/22: 38.6% 2022/23: 36.5% 2023/24: 35.5% 2024/25: 31.7% 2025/26: 29.9% Median gap 2017/18: 29.5% 2018/19: 33.2% 2019/20: 29.8% 2020/21: 36.2% 2021/22: 32% 2022/23: 32.3% 2023/24: 30.6% 2024/25: 27.2% 2025/26: 30.2% Mean gap 2017/18: 65.1% 2018/19: 72% 2019/20: 67.6% 2020/21: 67.5% 2021/22: 48.8% 2022/23: 62.1% 2023/24: 54.8% 2024/25: 55.8% 2025/26: 56.7% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 33% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 29.9% 30.2% 56.7% 16.4% 52.7%
2024/25 31.7% 27.2% 55.8% 16.5% 53.9%
2023/24 35.5% 30.6% 54.8% 13.4% 52.2%
2022/23 36.5% 32.3% 62.1% 11.2% 52.3%
2021/22 38.6% 32% 48.8% 11% 48.2%
2020/21 47.1% 36.2% 67.5% 8.7% 47.3%
2019/20 36.8% 29.8% 67.6% 12.5% 44.2%
2018/19 37.4% 33.2% 72% 9.7% 45.2%
2017/18 33% 29.5% 65.1% 10% 39.8%

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.