UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC 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 Feb 2026 at 11:42 UTC.

Employer ID 13144
Company Number 06559020
Employer Size 5000 to 19,999
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 5.9%

In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 12.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 34.4% of the highest paid quarter and 46.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.9%
Median hourly pay gap 13.0%
Men receiving bonus 89.1%
Women receiving bonus 91.0%
Mean bonus gap 15.8%
Median bonus gap 12.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.4%
65.6%
Upper-middle 24.6%
75.4%
Lower-middle 30.9%
69.1%
Lower quartile 46.9%
53.1%
2024 Mean pay gap 4.8%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 10.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 34.2% of the highest paid quarter and 47.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.8%
Median hourly pay gap 14.4%
Men receiving bonus 93.7%
Women receiving bonus 93.7%
Mean bonus gap 7.2%
Median bonus gap 10.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.2%
65.8%
Upper-middle 22.0%
78.0%
Lower-middle 31.9%
68.1%
Lower quartile 47.9%
52.1%
2023 Mean pay gap 4.7%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 9.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 34.8% of the highest paid quarter and 49.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.7%
Median hourly pay gap 14.3%
Men receiving bonus 91.9%
Women receiving bonus 92.1%
Mean bonus gap 12.1%
Median bonus gap 9.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.8%
65.2%
Upper-middle 22.5%
77.5%
Lower-middle 30.4%
69.6%
Lower quartile 49.0%
51.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 8.2%

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 12.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 31.5% of the highest paid quarter and 47.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.2%
Median hourly pay gap 14.7%
Men receiving bonus 90.3%
Women receiving bonus 89.8%
Mean bonus gap 31.2%
Median bonus gap 12.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 31.5%
68.5%
Upper-middle 23.3%
76.7%
Lower-middle 32.4%
67.6%
Lower quartile 47.9%
52.1%
2021 Mean pay gap 8.1%

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 10.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.4% of the highest paid quarter and 47.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.1%
Median hourly pay gap 14.7%
Men receiving bonus 95.6%
Women receiving bonus 95.7%
Mean bonus gap 24.6%
Median bonus gap 10.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.4%
69.6%
Upper-middle 22.7%
77.3%
Lower-middle 32.4%
67.6%
Lower quartile 47.7%
52.3%
2020 Mean pay gap 10.7%

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 14.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.1% of the highest paid quarter and 49.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.7%
Median hourly pay gap 15.3%
Men receiving bonus 93.2%
Women receiving bonus 94.7%
Mean bonus gap 32.4%
Median bonus gap 14.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.1%
69.9%
Upper-middle 21.4%
78.6%
Lower-middle 33.3%
66.7%
Lower quartile 49.4%
50.6%
2019 Mean pay gap 11.3%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 15.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.0% of the highest paid quarter and 50.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.3%
Median hourly pay gap 13.8%
Men receiving bonus 90.5%
Women receiving bonus 95.9%
Mean bonus gap 38.0%
Median bonus gap 15.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.0%
70.0%
Upper-middle 24.9%
75.1%
Lower-middle 32.1%
67.9%
Lower quartile 50.2%
49.8%
2018 Mean pay gap 13.2% Late submission

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 16.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.3% of the highest paid quarter and 55.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.2%
Median hourly pay gap 15.3%
Men receiving bonus 93.3%
Women receiving bonus 96.2%
Mean bonus gap 36.5%
Median bonus gap 16.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.3%
69.7%
Upper-middle 24.5%
75.5%
Lower-middle 30.7%
69.3%
Lower quartile 55.0%
45.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 13.1%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 17.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.2% of the highest paid quarter and 53.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.1%
Median hourly pay gap 15.9%
Men receiving bonus 91.7%
Women receiving bonus 94.4%
Mean bonus gap 35.1%
Median bonus gap 17.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.2%
69.8%
Upper-middle 27.6%
72.4%
Lower-middle 31.2%
68.8%
Lower quartile 53.6%
46.4%