BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)

BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 30 Mar 2026 at 08:44 UTC.

Employer ID 12242
Company Number RC000060
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 13.9%

In this organisation, women earned 84p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 1.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 53.5% of the highest paid quarter and 66.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.9%
Median hourly pay gap 16.0%
Men receiving bonus 90.5%
Women receiving bonus 89.4%
Mean bonus gap 7.7%
Median bonus gap 1.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 53.5%
46.5%
Upper-middle 45.8%
54.2%
Lower-middle 65.2%
34.8%
Lower quartile 66.4%
33.6%
2024 Mean pay gap 13.2%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 15.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 48.5% of the highest paid quarter and 65.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.2%
Median hourly pay gap 16.8%
Men receiving bonus 84.1%
Women receiving bonus 75.7%
Mean bonus gap 11.7%
Median bonus gap 15.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 48.5%
51.5%
Upper-middle 52.9%
47.1%
Lower-middle 65.4%
34.6%
Lower quartile 65.6%
34.4%
2023 Mean pay gap 15.1%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 4.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 46.9% of the highest paid quarter and 68.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.1%
Median hourly pay gap 20.7%
Men receiving bonus 84.8%
Women receiving bonus 80.3%
Mean bonus gap 11.6%
Median bonus gap 4.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.9%
53.1%
Upper-middle 51.9%
48.1%
Lower-middle 62.3%
37.7%
Lower quartile 68.8%
31.2%
2022 Mean pay gap 15.6%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 5.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.3% of the highest paid quarter and 72.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.6%
Median hourly pay gap 22.3%
Men receiving bonus 91.8%
Women receiving bonus 90.0%
Mean bonus gap 12.2%
Median bonus gap 5.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.3%
55.7%
Upper-middle 52.0%
48.0%
Lower-middle 58.1%
41.9%
Lower quartile 72.3%
27.7%
2021 Mean pay gap 14.8%

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

Women made up 43.8% of the highest paid quarter and 72.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.8%
Median hourly pay gap 21.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 43.8%
56.2%
Upper-middle 52.2%
47.8%
Lower-middle 56.5%
43.5%
Lower quartile 72.9%
27.1%
2020 Mean pay gap 13.8%

In this organisation, women earned 82p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 21.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 46.0% of the highest paid quarter and 71.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.8%
Median hourly pay gap 17.7%
Men receiving bonus 86.1%
Women receiving bonus 79.9%
Mean bonus gap 10.6%
Median bonus gap 21.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.0%
54.0%
Upper-middle 49.0%
51.0%
Lower-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower quartile 71.0%
29.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 14.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 1.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.3%
Median hourly pay gap 17.5%
Men receiving bonus 85.4%
Women receiving bonus 80.9%
Mean bonus gap 13.9%
Median bonus gap 1.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.0%
56.0%
Upper-middle 52.0%
48.0%
Lower-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower quartile 68.0%
32.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 13.8%

In this organisation, women earned 84p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 4.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.1% of the highest paid quarter and 68.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.8%
Median hourly pay gap 16.1%
Men receiving bonus 86.3%
Women receiving bonus 83.5%
Mean bonus gap 17.0%
Median bonus gap 4.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.1%
55.9%
Upper-middle 49.4%
50.6%
Lower-middle 56.2%
43.8%
Lower quartile 68.7%
31.3%
2017 Mean pay gap 10.9%

In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 47.3% of the highest paid quarter and 65.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.9%
Median hourly pay gap 10.9%
Men receiving bonus 79.5%
Women receiving bonus 78.1%
Mean bonus gap 15.7%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.3%
52.7%
Upper-middle 51.2%
48.8%
Lower-middle 54.3%
45.7%
Lower quartile 65.9%
34.1%