THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 22 Dec 2025 at 14:23 UTC.

Employer ID 13169
Company Number RC000645
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 13.5%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 6.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 42.8% of the highest paid quarter and 62.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.5%
Median hourly pay gap 15.8%
Men receiving bonus 14.0%
Women receiving bonus 15.3%
Mean bonus gap 50.5%
Median bonus gap 6.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 42.8%
57.2%
Upper-middle 53.9%
46.1%
Lower-middle 58.5%
41.5%
Lower quartile 62.9%
37.1%
2024 Mean pay gap 13.9%

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

Women made up 40.9% of the highest paid quarter and 60.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.9%
Median hourly pay gap 18.3%
Men receiving bonus 25.2%
Women receiving bonus 33.2%
Mean bonus gap 36.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 40.9%
59.1%
Upper-middle 53.4%
46.6%
Lower-middle 59.4%
40.6%
Lower quartile 60.6%
39.4%
2023 Mean pay gap 15.3%

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

Women made up 40.4% of the highest paid quarter and 61.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.3%
Median hourly pay gap 16.9%
Men receiving bonus 27.5%
Women receiving bonus 35.4%
Mean bonus gap 45.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 40.4%
59.6%
Upper-middle 53.3%
46.7%
Lower-middle 58.5%
41.5%
Lower quartile 61.6%
38.4%
2022 Mean pay gap 16.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 25.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 40.2% of the highest paid quarter and 62.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.3%
Median hourly pay gap 17.6%
Men receiving bonus 16.2%
Women receiving bonus 15.6%
Mean bonus gap 53.6%
Median bonus gap 25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 40.2%
59.8%
Upper-middle 52.5%
47.5%
Lower-middle 59.3%
40.7%
Lower quartile 62.7%
37.3%
2021 Mean pay gap 17.1%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 7.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 38.9% of the highest paid quarter and 61.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.1%
Median hourly pay gap 17.6%
Men receiving bonus 24.9%
Women receiving bonus 35.7%
Mean bonus gap 69.2%
Median bonus gap 7.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 38.9%
61.1%
Upper-middle 52.2%
47.8%
Lower-middle 59.3%
40.7%
Lower quartile 61.7%
38.3%
2020 Mean pay gap 18.3%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 38.7% of the highest paid quarter and 63.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.3%
Median hourly pay gap 19.6%
Men receiving bonus 11.5%
Women receiving bonus 12.6%
Mean bonus gap 64.9%
Median bonus gap 25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 38.7%
61.3%
Upper-middle 50.2%
49.8%
Lower-middle 59.9%
40.1%
Lower quartile 63.4%
36.6%
2019 Mean pay gap 19.1%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 37.9% of the highest paid quarter and 63.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.1%
Median hourly pay gap 19.6%
Men receiving bonus 10.9%
Women receiving bonus 10.5%
Mean bonus gap 59.4%
Median bonus gap 25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 37.9%
62.1%
Upper-middle 50.2%
49.8%
Lower-middle 59.9%
40.1%
Lower quartile 63.4%
36.6%
2018 Mean pay gap 19.4%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 37.0% of the highest paid quarter and 62.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.4%
Median hourly pay gap 19.6%
Men receiving bonus 11.9%
Women receiving bonus 11.5%
Mean bonus gap 62.9%
Median bonus gap 25.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 37.0%
63.0%
Upper-middle 50.6%
49.4%
Lower-middle 60.1%
39.9%
Lower quartile 62.5%
37.5%
2017 Mean pay gap 19.9%

In this organisation, women earned 77p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 50.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 37.3% of the highest paid quarter and 61.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.9%
Median hourly pay gap 23.3%
Men receiving bonus 12.3%
Women receiving bonus 11.4%
Mean bonus gap 66.0%
Median bonus gap 50.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 37.3%
62.7%
Upper-middle 50.0%
50.0%
Lower-middle 60.3%
39.7%
Lower quartile 61.1%
38.9%