Victoria & Albert Museum

Victoria & Albert Museum has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 2 Apr 2026 at 11:00 UTC.

Employer ID 14229
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 5.7%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 69.9% of the highest paid quarter and 70.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.7%
Median hourly pay gap 2.0%
Men receiving bonus 61.0%
Women receiving bonus 62.0%
Mean bonus gap 24.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.9%
30.1%
Upper-middle 75.6%
24.4%
Lower-middle 77.2%
22.8%
Lower quartile 70.1%
29.9%
2024 Mean pay gap 6.1%

In this organisation, women earned 99p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 72.7% of the highest paid quarter and 75.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.1%
Median hourly pay gap 1.1%
Men receiving bonus 91.7%
Women receiving bonus 92.0%
Mean bonus gap 2.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 72.7%
27.3%
Upper-middle 77.3%
22.7%
Lower-middle 79.0%
21.0%
Lower quartile 75.7%
24.3%
2023 Mean pay gap 9.2%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 70.0% of the highest paid quarter and 77.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.2%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 75.6%
Women receiving bonus 78.8%
Mean bonus gap 11.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.0%
30.0%
Upper-middle 78.6%
21.4%
Lower-middle 73.6%
26.4%
Lower quartile 77.6%
22.4%
2022 Mean pay gap 8.9%

In this organisation, women earned £1.03 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.6% of the highest paid quarter and 77.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.9%
Median hourly pay gap -2.8%
Men receiving bonus 83.9%
Women receiving bonus 83.1%
Mean bonus gap 4.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.6%
31.4%
Upper-middle 80.7%
19.3%
Lower-middle 70.2%
29.8%
Lower quartile 77.8%
22.2%
2021 Mean pay gap 8.0%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.2% of the highest paid quarter and 70.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.0%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.2%
31.8%
Upper-middle 79.3%
20.7%
Lower-middle 78.0%
22.0%
Lower quartile 70.7%
29.3%
2020 Mean pay gap 9.7%

In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 67.1% of the highest paid quarter and 74.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.7%
Median hourly pay gap 3.6%
Men receiving bonus 65.0%
Women receiving bonus 66.0%
Mean bonus gap 15.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.1%
32.9%
Upper-middle 80.5%
19.5%
Lower-middle 73.4%
26.6%
Lower quartile 74.7%
25.3%
2019 Mean pay gap 7.5%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 70.1% of the highest paid quarter and 75.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.5%
Median hourly pay gap 1.7%
Men receiving bonus 37.0%
Women receiving bonus 35.0%
Mean bonus gap 33.8%
Median bonus gap 25.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.1%
29.9%
Upper-middle 76.6%
23.4%
Lower-middle 75.2%
24.8%
Lower quartile 75.9%
24.1%
2018 Mean pay gap 8.4%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 8.9% higher than men's.

Women made up 69.4% of the highest paid quarter and 81.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.4%
Median hourly pay gap 0.4%
Men receiving bonus 40.7%
Women receiving bonus 36.4%
Mean bonus gap -8.9%
Median bonus gap -8.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.4%
30.6%
Upper-middle 77.7%
22.3%
Lower-middle 65.6%
34.4%
Lower quartile 81.8%
18.2%
2017 Mean pay gap 5.3%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 73.8% higher than men's.

Women made up 70.9% of the highest paid quarter and 75.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.3%
Median hourly pay gap 7.2%
Men receiving bonus 22.0%
Women receiving bonus 31.0%
Mean bonus gap 4.0%
Median bonus gap -73.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 70.9%
29.1%
Upper-middle 72.1%
27.9%
Lower-middle 77.9%
22.1%
Lower quartile 75.6%
24.4%