Southampton City Council

Southampton City Council has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Wednesday, 5 Nov 2025 at 13:34 UTC.

Employer ID 11411
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
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 -1.1%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 62.1% of the highest paid quarter and 58.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -1.1%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.1%
37.9%
Upper-middle 55.1%
44.9%
Lower-middle 56.3%
43.7%
Lower quartile 58.4%
41.6%
2024 Mean pay gap 0.7%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 60.6% of the highest paid quarter and 60.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.7%
Median hourly pay gap 2.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.6%
39.4%
Upper-middle 56.6%
43.4%
Lower-middle 59.3%
40.7%
Lower quartile 60.1%
39.9%
2023 Mean pay gap 1.4%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 57.0% of the highest paid quarter and 62.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.4%
Median hourly pay gap 5.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.0%
43.0%
Upper-middle 59.0%
41.0%
Lower-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower quartile 62.0%
38.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 2.7%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 42.3% of the highest paid quarter and 37.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.7%
Median hourly pay gap 2.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 42.3%
57.7%
Upper-middle 42.9%
57.1%
Lower-middle 42.2%
57.8%
Lower quartile 37.3%
62.7%
2021 Mean pay gap 2.2%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 54.5% of the highest paid quarter and 63.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.2%
Median hourly pay gap 2.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.5%
45.5%
Upper-middle 61.3%
38.7%
Lower-middle 57.7%
42.3%
Lower quartile 63.0%
37.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 3.2%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 56.9% of the highest paid quarter and 65.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.2%
Median hourly pay gap 2.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.9%
43.1%
Upper-middle 58.5%
41.5%
Lower-middle 59.8%
40.2%
Lower quartile 65.3%
34.7%
2019 Mean pay gap 3.6%

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

Women made up 60.5% of the highest paid quarter and 60.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.6%
Median hourly pay gap 3.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.5%
39.5%
Upper-middle 56.3%
43.7%
Lower-middle 64.1%
35.9%
Lower quartile 60.4%
39.6%
2018 Mean pay gap 6.3%

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

Women made up 60.0% of the highest paid quarter and 70.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.3%
Median hourly pay gap 6.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.0%
40.0%
Upper-middle 53.0%
47.0%
Lower-middle 60.0%
40.0%
Lower quartile 70.0%
30.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 3.9%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 58.7% of the highest paid quarter and 63.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.9%
Median hourly pay gap 4.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.7%
41.3%
Upper-middle 55.0%
45.0%
Lower-middle 63.6%
36.4%
Lower quartile 63.6%
36.4%