Anonymous first-party evidence

Gender Pay Gap

See the real gender pay gap across UK roles — based on anonymous, self-reported salary data from real workers.

UK gender pay gap — the official measure

6.9%

Median hourly pay excluding overtime, full-time employees: £20.27 for men against £18.87 for women.

Men — median hourly

£20.27

Women — median hourly

£18.87

The same question, measured four ways

All four come from the same ONS survey. They differ because they measure different things.

Full-time, hourly

£20.27 vs £18.87

6.9%

All employees, hourly

£19.17 vs £16.71

12.8%

Part-time, hourly

£13.85 vs £14.25

-2.9%

All employees, annual

£38,466 vs £27,850

27.6%

The largest figure is annual pay, which counts hours as well as rates — women are far more likely to work part-time. Among part-time employees the gap reverses, and women's median hourly pay is higher. We explain what each measure is for here.

Look up a specific occupation

Widest gaps by occupation

Of 360 occupations where ONS publishes both a male and female median.

Pre-press technicians £24,521 £14 99.9%

Information technology directors £49 £25 48.6%

Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. £27 £15 42.4%

Taxation experts £30 £20 33.8%

Financial and accounting technicians £27 £18 32.8%

Managers and directors in the creative industries £31 £21 32.7%

Marketing and commercial managers £30 £20 32.7%

Public relations and communications directors £45 £31 31.9%

Health care practice managers £29 £20 31.8%

Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors £23 £16 30.6%

Where the gap reverses

Occupations where women's median pay is closest to, or above, men's.

Precision instrument makers and repairers £15 £28,539 -191565.5%

Forestry and related workers £10 £16 -62.2%

Marketing, sales and advertising directors £27 £43 -60.4%

Driving instructors £14 £23 -60%

Communication operators £13 £19 -53.9%

Other psychologists £19 £29 -53.6%

IT network professionals £16 £24 -48.4%

Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale £12 £18 -46.7%

Specialist nurses £17 £24 -44.7%

Dispensing opticians £15 £22 -43.9%

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. A pay gap is a difference in average pay between groups; it is not by itself evidence of unequal pay for the same job, which is unlawful.

About this data: Gender pay gap is calculated as the difference between average male and female salaries for the same role, expressed as a percentage of the male average. This data is self-reported and anonymous. Sample sizes vary by role. A positive percentage means men earn more on average; a negative percentage means women earn more.