UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.
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Last submission received on Friday, 27 Feb 2026 at 10:39 UTC.
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 12.0%
Submitted on Friday, 27 Feb 2026 at 10:39 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 43.2% of the highest paid quarter and 61.7% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 14.1%
Submitted on Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025 at 15:09 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 42.2% of the highest paid quarter and 65.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 15.0%
Submitted on Friday, 22 Mar 2024 at 08:26 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 83p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 41.8% of the highest paid quarter and 65.1% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 15.1%
Submitted on Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023 at 09:08 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 42.8% of the highest paid quarter and 65.2% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 15.9%
Submitted on Friday, 25 Mar 2022 at 08:23 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 42.3% of the highest paid quarter and 67.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 16.1%
Submitted on Monday, 29 Mar 2021 at 16:07 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 41.2% of the highest paid quarter and 67.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 16.5%
Submitted on Monday, 2 Mar 2020 at 13:07 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 84p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 41.1% of the highest paid quarter and 66.7% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 17.6%
Submitted on Tuesday, 12 Mar 2019 at 16:31 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 40.1% of the highest paid quarter and 68.2% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 18.6%
Submitted on Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018 at 13:33 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 38.0% of the highest paid quarter and 67.2% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown