Understanding the Gender Pay Gap
What is Gender Pay?
A gender pay gap shows the difference in the average pay between men and women across the entire organisation. It is different from an equal pay comparison, which looks at the pay between men and women who carry out the same job or work of equal value.
What causes a Gender Pay Gap?
There can be many reasons for a gender pay gap, however, it can be affected by the make-up of the workforce and a gender pay gap can be created, for example, when more men than women are employed in senior roles.
The difference between mean and median
Our calculations are based on 5,140 employees (the total number of full-pay relevant employees) in line with reporting regulations. The gender split is 3,524 females and 1,616 Males.
Mean
This is calculated by adding together the hourly rate for all employees and dividing by the total number of employees. This is calculated separately for men and women employees.
Median
This is calculated by arranging the hourly rate for all employees from highest to lowest and is calculated separately for men and women employees. The median is the hourly rate in the middle.