The National Archives
The National Archives has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.
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Last submission received on Wednesday, 25 Mar 2026 at 15:24 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 5.4%
Submitted on Wednesday, 25 Mar 2026 at 15:24 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 47.7% of the highest paid quarter and 51.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 2.9%
Submitted on Wednesday, 26 Mar 2025 at 17:40 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 46.8% of the highest paid quarter and 46.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 2.9%
Submitted on Friday, 8 Dec 2023 at 10:05 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 49.7% of the highest paid quarter and 49.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 1.6%
Submitted on Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 10:12 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 50.3% of the highest paid quarter and 45.1% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 2.9%
Submitted on Thursday, 27 Jan 2022 at 14:06 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 48.1% of the highest paid quarter and 46.3% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 4.1%
Submitted on Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020 at 14:17 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 48.1% of the highest paid quarter and 48.8% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 2.2%
Submitted on Monday, 16 Mar 2020 at 15:39 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 44.4% of the highest paid quarter and 43.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 0.8%
Submitted on Wednesday, 19 Dec 2018 at 14:15 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned £1.05 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 45.7% of the highest paid quarter and 39.2% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 1.1%
Submitted on Monday, 22 Jan 2018 at 14:36 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned £1.02 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 46.7% of the highest paid quarter and 42.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown