Gender pay gap 2023
Gender pay gap reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between men and women in the workforce. We have also published our gender pay gap data as at 31 March 2023 on the government website.
We had 5,208 employees in scope for the gender pay gap exercise.
At 31 March 2023, 68% of our workforce were women (3,551) and 32% men (1,657).
The mean gender pay gap is the difference between the mean hourly rate of pay for men (£18.07) and women (£17.44).
For 2023, this was 3.5%. This has narrowed by 1.5% from 2022 (5.0%).
The median gender pay gap is the difference between the median hourly rate of pay for men (£16.55) and women (£16.11).
For 2023, this was 2.7%. This has increased by 0.1% from 2022 (2.6%).
We have no bonus payments for 2023 that fall in the gender pay gap category.
Additional information
|
Quartile |
% males 2022 |
% females 2022 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lower quartile |
26% |
74% |
|
Lower middle quartile |
26% |
74% |
|
Upper middle quartile |
43% |
57% |
|
Upper quartile |
31% |
69% |
- the percentage of women in the upper quartile has increased by 2% from 2022. The percentage of females in the upper quartile is now higher than the percentage of women in the council
- there has been a 1% increase of women in the upper middle quartile from 2022
- there has been a 2% increase of women in the lower middle quartile from 2022
- there has been a 1% increase of women in the lower quartile from 2022