UNIVERSITY OF READING

UNIVERSITY OF READING 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 10:14 UTC.

Employer ID 13188
Company Number RC000665
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 14.3%

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

Women made up 52.0% of the highest paid quarter and 66.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.3%
Median hourly pay gap 13.7%
Men receiving bonus 17.3%
Women receiving bonus 18.7%
Mean bonus gap 9.2%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 52.0%
48.0%
Upper-middle 61.4%
38.6%
Lower-middle 65.6%
34.4%
Lower quartile 66.5%
33.5%
2024 Mean pay gap 14.5%

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

Women made up 52.3% of the highest paid quarter and 65.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.5%
Median hourly pay gap 16.1%
Men receiving bonus 19.4%
Women receiving bonus 22.0%
Mean bonus gap 27.2%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 52.3%
47.7%
Upper-middle 60.9%
39.1%
Lower-middle 66.8%
33.2%
Lower quartile 65.5%
34.5%
2023 Mean pay gap 16.9%

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

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

Women made up 51.9% of the highest paid quarter and 68.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.9%
Median hourly pay gap 15.7%
Men receiving bonus 22.2%
Women receiving bonus 25.6%
Mean bonus gap 18.8%
Median bonus gap -50.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 51.9%
48.1%
Upper-middle 60.2%
39.8%
Lower-middle 67.4%
32.6%
Lower quartile 68.3%
31.7%
2022 Mean pay gap 19.4%

In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 49.6% of the highest paid quarter and 68.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.4%
Median hourly pay gap 18.7%
Men receiving bonus 24.7%
Women receiving bonus 28.4%
Mean bonus gap 17.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 49.6%
50.4%
Upper-middle 60.3%
39.7%
Lower-middle 67.5%
32.5%
Lower quartile 68.4%
31.6%
2021 Mean pay gap 22.1%

In this organisation, women earned 75p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 48.5% of the highest paid quarter and 71.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.1%
Median hourly pay gap 25.4%
Men receiving bonus 23.3%
Women receiving bonus 29.1%
Mean bonus gap 19.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 48.5%
51.5%
Upper-middle 58.9%
41.1%
Lower-middle 66.6%
33.4%
Lower quartile 71.3%
28.7%
2020 Mean pay gap 20.6%

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

Women made up 48.3% of the highest paid quarter and 70.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 20.6%
Median hourly pay gap 23.2%
Men receiving bonus 23.3%
Women receiving bonus 27.1%
Mean bonus gap 30.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 48.3%
51.7%
Upper-middle 59.1%
40.9%
Lower-middle 64.8%
35.2%
Lower quartile 70.3%
29.7%
2019 Mean pay gap 18.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 20.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 48.8% of the highest paid quarter and 67.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.3%
Median hourly pay gap 18.5%
Men receiving bonus 23.3%
Women receiving bonus 24.2%
Mean bonus gap 24.6%
Median bonus gap 20.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 48.8%
51.2%
Upper-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower-middle 63.2%
36.8%
Lower quartile 67.0%
33.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 20.5%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 57.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 46.1% of the highest paid quarter and 65.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 20.5%
Median hourly pay gap 18.5%
Men receiving bonus 23.4%
Women receiving bonus 24.5%
Mean bonus gap 29.3%
Median bonus gap 57.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.1%
53.9%
Upper-middle 59.7%
40.3%
Lower-middle 63.1%
36.9%
Lower quartile 65.7%
34.3%
2017 Mean pay gap 19.6%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 40.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 42.3% of the highest paid quarter and 62.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.6%
Median hourly pay gap 20.9%
Men receiving bonus 21.3%
Women receiving bonus 25.8%
Mean bonus gap 18.7%
Median bonus gap 40.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 42.3%
57.7%
Upper-middle 57.3%
42.7%
Lower-middle 62.8%
37.2%
Lower quartile 62.2%
37.8%