Swindon Borough Council

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

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Last submission received on Monday, 2 Mar 2026 at 08:15 UTC.

Employer ID 11894
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 -4.5%

In this organisation, women earned £1.09 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 71.2% of the highest paid quarter and 58.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -4.5%
Median hourly pay gap -8.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 71.2%
28.8%
Upper-middle 65.8%
34.2%
Lower-middle 63.9%
36.1%
Lower quartile 58.2%
41.8%
2024 Mean pay gap -3.0%

In this organisation, women earned £1.09 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 71.8% of the highest paid quarter and 63.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -3.0%
Median hourly pay gap -9.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 71.8%
28.2%
Upper-middle 66.6%
33.4%
Lower-middle 63.3%
36.7%
Lower quartile 63.1%
36.9%
2023 Mean pay gap -2.6%

In this organisation, women earned £1.09 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 69.7% of the highest paid quarter and 62.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -2.6%
Median hourly pay gap -9.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.7%
30.3%
Upper-middle 66.5%
33.5%
Lower-middle 64.7%
35.3%
Lower quartile 62.2%
37.8%
2022 Mean pay gap -1.8%

In this organisation, women earned £1.06 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 64.6% of the highest paid quarter and 71.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -1.8%
Median hourly pay gap -5.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.6%
35.4%
Upper-middle 66.1%
33.9%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 71.0%
28.9%
2021 Mean pay gap -1.9%

In this organisation, women earned £1.10 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 71.5% of the highest paid quarter and 64.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -1.9%
Median hourly pay gap -9.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 71.5%
28.5%
Upper-middle 64.8%
35.2%
Lower-middle 66.8%
33.2%
Lower quartile 64.0%
36.0%
2020 Mean pay gap -2.4%

In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 66.0% of the highest paid quarter and 65.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -2.4%
Median hourly pay gap -3.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.0%
34.0%
Upper-middle 63.6%
36.4%
Lower-middle 58.7%
41.3%
Lower quartile 65.4%
34.6%
2019 Mean pay gap 1.7%

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

Women made up 67.7% of the highest paid quarter and 66.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.7%
Median hourly pay gap 1.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.7%
32.3%
Upper-middle 59.4%
40.6%
Lower-middle 68.2%
31.8%
Lower quartile 66.5%
33.5%
2018 Mean pay gap 2.0%

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

Women made up 67.0% of the highest paid quarter and 64.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.0%
Median hourly pay gap 1.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.0%
33.0%
Upper-middle 59.0%
41.0%
Lower-middle 69.0%
31.0%
Lower quartile 64.0%
36.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 3.7%

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

Women made up 67.0% of the highest paid quarter and 66.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.7%
Median hourly pay gap 4.3%
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 67.0%
33.0%
Upper-middle 68.1%
31.9%
Lower-middle 58.4%
41.6%
Lower quartile 66.7%
33.3%