SMITHS GROUP PLC

SMITHS GROUP PLC has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 23 Mar 2026 at 09:21 UTC.

Employer ID 11285
Company Number 00137013
Employer Size Less than 250
Years Submitted
201720182019202020212022202320242025

Overall workforce composition

Deviation from a 50:50 gender split, averaged across all four pay quartiles per year. 0% represents an equal split of men and women; positive values mean more women, negative means fewer women.

Hourly pay gap over time

Positive values indicate women's hourly pay is lower than men's by that percentage. A value of 0 indicates equal pay; negative values indicate women earn more.

Pay quartile breakdown

Each band shows the percentage of that quartile that is male vs female.

Lower quartile bottom 25% of earners

Lower-middle quartile 25–50th percentile

Upper-middle quartile 50–75th percentile

Top quartile top 25% of earners

Bonus pay

Percentage of each gender who received a bonus payment.

Bonus pay gap — positive values indicate women's bonus pay is lower than men's.

Year by year

Each year's submission in full. Most recent year shown first.

2025 Mean pay gap -6.6%

In this organisation, women earned £1.05 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 5.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 32.1% of the highest paid quarter and 26.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -6.6%
Median hourly pay gap -4.6%
Men receiving bonus 67.0%
Women receiving bonus 71.4%
Mean bonus gap 7.8%
Median bonus gap -5.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 32.1%
67.9%
Upper-middle 27.6%
72.4%
Lower-middle 26.2%
73.8%
Lower quartile 26.7%
73.3%
2024 Mean pay gap -9.5%

In this organisation, women earned £1.07 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 1.6% higher than men's.

Women made up 29.6% of the highest paid quarter and 25.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -9.5%
Median hourly pay gap -7.3%
Men receiving bonus 65.7%
Women receiving bonus 62.9%
Mean bonus gap -4.7%
Median bonus gap -1.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 29.6%
70.4%
Upper-middle 26.9%
73.1%
Lower-middle 23.1%
76.9%
Lower quartile 25.6%
74.4%
2023 Mean pay gap -11.4%

In this organisation, women earned £1.03 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 11.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 28.5% of the highest paid quarter and 25.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -11.4%
Median hourly pay gap -3.0%
Men receiving bonus 56.6%
Women receiving bonus 62.1%
Mean bonus gap 8.5%
Median bonus gap 11.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 28.5%
71.5%
Upper-middle 21.9%
78.1%
Lower-middle 22.3%
77.7%
Lower quartile 25.0%
75.0%
2022 Mean pay gap -3.8%

In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 15.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 26.4% of the highest paid quarter and 28.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -3.8%
Median hourly pay gap 4.4%
Men receiving bonus 63.7%
Women receiving bonus 67.2%
Mean bonus gap -17.9%
Median bonus gap 15.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 26.4%
73.6%
Upper-middle 21.1%
78.9%
Lower-middle 23.9%
76.1%
Lower quartile 28.0%
72.0%
2021 Mean pay gap -0.1%

In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 22.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 23.8% of the highest paid quarter and 30.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.1%
Median hourly pay gap 6.2%
Men receiving bonus 48.0%
Women receiving bonus 50.6%
Mean bonus gap 5.6%
Median bonus gap 22.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.8%
76.2%
Upper-middle 21.5%
78.5%
Lower-middle 21.8%
78.2%
Lower quartile 30.2%
69.8%
2020 Mean pay gap 11.2%

In this organisation, women earned 83p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 15.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 26.1% of the highest paid quarter and 40.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.2%
Median hourly pay gap 16.9%
Men receiving bonus 56.3%
Women receiving bonus 48.1%
Mean bonus gap -1.3%
Median bonus gap 15.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 26.1%
73.9%
Upper-middle 24.7%
75.3%
Lower-middle 30.3%
69.7%
Lower quartile 40.2%
59.8%
2019 Mean pay gap 19.9%

In this organisation, women earned 78p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 8.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 24.7% of the highest paid quarter and 48.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.9%
Median hourly pay gap 21.8%
Men receiving bonus 61.5%
Women receiving bonus 47.1%
Mean bonus gap 18.4%
Median bonus gap 8.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 24.7%
75.3%
Upper-middle 25.0%
75.0%
Lower-middle 30.0%
70.0%
Lower quartile 48.3%
51.7%
2018 Mean pay gap 19.3%

In this organisation, women earned 79p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 23.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 24.9% of the highest paid quarter and 49.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.3%
Median hourly pay gap 20.9%
Men receiving bonus 58.0%
Women receiving bonus 46.4%
Mean bonus gap 9.0%
Median bonus gap 23.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 24.9%
75.1%
Upper-middle 24.4%
75.6%
Lower-middle 28.6%
71.4%
Lower quartile 49.6%
50.4%
2017 Mean pay gap 27.1%

In this organisation, women earned 75p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 11.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 22.8% of the highest paid quarter and 50.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 27.1%
Median hourly pay gap 24.6%
Men receiving bonus 60.7%
Women receiving bonus 38.5%
Mean bonus gap 22.7%
Median bonus gap 11.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 22.8%
77.2%
Upper-middle 22.0%
78.0%
Lower-middle 32.4%
67.6%
Lower quartile 50.3%
49.7%