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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 8% lower than men's (250 to 499 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 53% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within advertising and market research it is in the top quarter of 60 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.

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: 28.7% 2018/19: 28.7% 2019/20: 25% 2020/21: 30% 2021/22: 11% 2022/23: 7% 2023/24: 6% 2024/25: 15% 2025/26: 8% Median gap 2017/18: 28.4% 2018/19: 28.4% 2019/20: 23% 2020/21: 22% 2021/22: 14% 2022/23: 9% 2023/24: 13% 2024/25: 25% 2025/26: 13% Mean gap 2017/18: 30% 2018/19: 40% 2019/20: 39% 2020/21: 56% 2021/22: 45% 2022/23: 37% 2023/24: 13% 2024/25: 21% 2025/26: 7% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 28.7% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 8% 13% 7% 47% 41%
2024/25 15% 25% 21% 50% 37%
2023/24 6% 13% 13% 50% 40%
2022/23 7% 9% 37% 38% 48%
2021/22 11% 14% 45% 34% 47%
2020/21 30% 22% 56% 28% 59%
2019/20 25% 23% 39% 23% 58%
2018/19 28.7% 28.4% 40% 24% 60%
2017/18 28.7% 28.4% 30% 22% 59%

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.