The council's historical gender pay gap data

The following tables show our current and historical gender pay gap figures.

Historical gender pay gap figures

Calculation Reporting Year
  2023/24 2022/23 2021/22 2020/21 2019/20 2018/19 2017/18
Gender pay gap as a mean average 1.69% 2.44% 5.97% 0.06% 1.11% 4.97% 7.94%
Gender pay gap as a median average 0% -2.23% 0.19% -8.73% -12.81% -7.24% -4.19%
Gender bonus gap as a mean average -202.50% 33.82% 3.61% 21.88% N/A N/A -31.67%
Gender bonus gap as a median average 50% 30% 50% 0% N/A N/A -30%
Proportion of men receiving bonuses 1.56% 2.4% 8.47% 1.83% 0% N/A 0.61%
Proportion of women receiving bonuses 2.89% 2.96% 8.59% 1.44% 2.3% N/A 1.93%

2023/2024

Proportion of males and females in quartile pay bands 2023/24
Quartile Male Female 
Lower  51.75% 48.25%
Lower middle 30.97% 69.03%
Upper middle 31.58% 68.42%
Upper 49.12% 50.88%

2022/2023

Proportion of males and females in quartile pay bands 2022/23
Quartile Male Female 
Lower  58.97% 41.03%
Lower middle 33.05% 66.95%
Upper middle 35.04% 64.96%
Upper 49.57% 50.43%

2021/2022

Proportion of males and females in quartile pay bands 2021/22
Quartile Male Female 
Lower  54.13% 45.87%
Lower middle 28.18% 71.82%
Upper middle 34.86% 65.14%
Upper 52.73% 47.27%

2020/2021

Proportion of males and females in quartile pay bands 2020/21

Quartile Male Female
Lower 57.14% 42.86%
Lower middle 37.36% 62.64%
Upper middle 31.87% 68.13%
Upper  51.65% 48.35%

2019/2020

Proportion of males and females in quartile pay bands 2019/2020
Quartile Male Female 
Lower 54.55% 45.45%
Lower middle 43.18% 56.82%
Upper middle 31.82%

68.18%

Upper 52.27% 47.73%

2018/2019

Proportion of males and females in quartile pay bands 2018/2019
Quartile Male Female
Lower 58.06% 41.94%
Lower middle 38.04% 61.96%
Upper middle 27.96% 72.04%
Upper 56.52% 43.48%

2017/2018

Proportion of males and females in quartile pay bands 2017/2018

Quartile  Male Female
Lower 58.43% 41.57%
Lower middle 30.68% 69.32%
Upper middle 33.71% 66.29%
Upper 55.68% 44.32%