Aqa

Aqa has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Wednesday, 1 Apr 2026 at 12:59 UTC.

Employer ID 14139
Company Number N/A
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 10.8%

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

Women made up 44.0% of the highest paid quarter and 55.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.8%
Median hourly pay gap 11.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.0%
56.0%
Upper-middle 53.0%
47.0%
Lower-middle 59.0%
41.0%
Lower quartile 55.0%
45.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 9.5%

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

Women made up 46.3% of the highest paid quarter and 55.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.5%
Median hourly pay gap 13.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.3%
53.7%
Upper-middle 49.3%
50.7%
Lower-middle 59.6%
40.4%
Lower quartile 55.7%
44.3%
2023 Mean pay gap 11.8%

In this organisation, women earned 81p 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 43.6% of the highest paid quarter and 54.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.8%
Median hourly pay gap 19.5%
Men receiving bonus 47.7%
Women receiving bonus 42.1%
Mean bonus gap 6.0%
Median bonus gap 50.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 43.6%
56.4%
Upper-middle 49.1%
50.9%
Lower-middle 58.3%
41.7%
Lower quartile 54.4%
45.6%
2022 Mean pay gap 10.8%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 45.9% of the highest paid quarter and 55.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.8%
Median hourly pay gap 10.1%
Men receiving bonus 57.6%
Women receiving bonus 50.3%
Mean bonus gap 10.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 45.9%
54.1%
Upper-middle 53.4%
46.6%
Lower-middle 58.0%
42.0%
Lower quartile 55.8%
44.2%
2021 Mean pay gap 9.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 14.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.9% of the highest paid quarter and 57.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.8%
Median hourly pay gap 16.3%
Men receiving bonus 62.6%
Women receiving bonus 68.4%
Mean bonus gap -6.9%
Median bonus gap 14.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.9%
55.1%
Upper-middle 52.8%
47.2%
Lower-middle 58.6%
41.4%
Lower quartile 57.1%
42.9%
2020 Mean pay gap 9.5%

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

Women made up 45.7% of the highest paid quarter and 52.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.5%
Median hourly pay gap 12.6%
Men receiving bonus 34.9%
Women receiving bonus 41.8%
Mean bonus gap -22.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 45.7%
54.3%
Upper-middle 51.1%
48.9%
Lower-middle 61.6%
38.4%
Lower quartile 52.2%
47.8%
2019 Mean pay gap 8.4%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 16.9% higher than men's.

Women made up 45.7% of the highest paid quarter and 55.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.4%
Median hourly pay gap 9.9%
Men receiving bonus 39.4%
Women receiving bonus 39.4%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap -16.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 45.7%
54.3%
Upper-middle 53.6%
46.4%
Lower-middle 57.3%
42.7%
Lower quartile 55.6%
44.4%
2018 Mean pay gap 11.8%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 45.5% of the highest paid quarter and 56.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.8%
Median hourly pay gap 8.4%
Men receiving bonus 35.2%
Women receiving bonus 32.9%
Mean bonus gap 21.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 45.5%
54.5%
Upper-middle 54.5%
45.5%
Lower-middle 56.4%
43.6%
Lower quartile 56.6%
43.4%
2017 Mean pay gap 11.5%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 46.8% of the highest paid quarter and 54.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.5%
Median hourly pay gap 9.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.8%
53.2%
Upper-middle 55.4%
44.6%
Lower-middle 59.5%
40.5%
Lower quartile 54.7%
45.3%