THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND has submitted data every year since 2017. 1 of 9 submissions were filed after the deadline.
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Last submission received on Friday, 20 Mar 2026 at 13:54 UTC.
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 9.7%
Submitted on Friday, 20 Mar 2026 at 13:54 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 59.1% of the highest paid quarter and 72.7% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 10.2%
Submitted on Thursday, 3 Apr 2025 at 21:50 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 58.1% of the highest paid quarter and 73.1% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 8.9% Late submission
Submitted on Friday, 4 Apr 2025 at 12:16 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 57.8% of the highest paid quarter and 71.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 6.8%
Submitted on Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023 at 16:34 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 71.1% of the highest paid quarter and 62.3% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 8.4%
Submitted on Monday, 21 Mar 2022 at 15:30 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 59.3% of the highest paid quarter and 70.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 6.0%
Submitted on Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021 at 11:27 UTC.
In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.
Women made up 60.4% of the highest paid quarter and 69.9% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 7.5%
Submitted on Tuesday, 25 Feb 2020 at 13:58 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 3.4% lower than men's.
Women made up 55.1% of the highest paid quarter and 65.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 6.7%
Submitted on Thursday, 14 Mar 2019 at 14:42 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned £1.01 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 54.4% of the highest paid quarter and 61.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 6.7%
Submitted on Tuesday, 13 Mar 2018 at 18:08 UTC.
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 63.4% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown