The Open University
The Open University has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.
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Last submission received on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2026 at 14:55 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 4.1%
Submitted on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2026 at 14:55 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 5.0%
Submitted on Wednesday, 26 Mar 2025 at 11:49 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 60.0% of the highest paid quarter and 70.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 5.3%
Submitted on Friday, 22 Mar 2024 at 15:21 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 94p 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 60.0% of the highest paid quarter and 70.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 4.1%
Submitted on Monday, 27 Mar 2023 at 12:51 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 67.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 8.7%
Submitted on Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 14:50 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 53.0% of the highest paid quarter and 69.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 5.7%
Submitted on Thursday, 8 Apr 2021 at 09:31 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 55.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 6.5%
Submitted on Tuesday, 17 Mar 2020 at 13:37 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 55.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 6.2%
Submitted on Monday, 11 Mar 2019 at 10:42 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 42.9% higher than men's.
Women made up 55.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2017 Mean pay gap 9.8%
Submitted on Tuesday, 13 Mar 2018 at 12:14 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 17.9% lower than men's.
Women made up 51.0% of the highest paid quarter and 69.0% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown