ELSEVIER LIMITED

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

This company has been viewed 1 time in the last 30 days.

Last submission received on Tuesday, 17 Mar 2026 at 13:16 UTC.

Employer ID 180
Company Number 01982084
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 24.8%

In this organisation, women earned 68p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 27.1% lower than men's.

Women made up 25.6% of the highest paid quarter and 72.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 24.8%
Median hourly pay gap 32.1%
Men receiving bonus 85.8%
Women receiving bonus 61.8%
Mean bonus gap -4.3%
Median bonus gap 27.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 25.6%
74.4%
Upper-middle 37.6%
62.4%
Lower-middle 56.9%
43.1%
Lower quartile 72.1%
27.9%
2024 Mean pay gap 25.1%

In this organisation, women earned 67p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 24.9% of the highest paid quarter and 71.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 25.1%
Median hourly pay gap 32.8%
Men receiving bonus 85.2%
Women receiving bonus 60.2%
Mean bonus gap 9.3%
Median bonus gap 25.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 24.9%
75.1%
Upper-middle 35.4%
64.6%
Lower-middle 55.3%
44.7%
Lower quartile 71.9%
28.1%
2023 Mean pay gap 26.2%

In this organisation, women earned 66p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 67.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 24.8% of the highest paid quarter and 72.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 26.2%
Median hourly pay gap 33.6%
Men receiving bonus 91.1%
Women receiving bonus 88.3%
Mean bonus gap 29.1%
Median bonus gap 67.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 24.8%
75.2%
Upper-middle 33.4%
66.6%
Lower-middle 55.2%
44.8%
Lower quartile 72.7%
27.3%
2022 Mean pay gap 24.4%

In this organisation, women earned 66p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 33.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 23.2% of the highest paid quarter and 67.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 24.4%
Median hourly pay gap 34.1%
Men receiving bonus 79.9%
Women receiving bonus 55.2%
Mean bonus gap 7.7%
Median bonus gap 33.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.2%
76.8%
Upper-middle 33.8%
66.2%
Lower-middle 57.9%
42.1%
Lower quartile 67.2%
32.8%
2021 Mean pay gap 25.3%

In this organisation, women earned 64p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 27.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 21.2% of the highest paid quarter and 65.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 25.3%
Median hourly pay gap 36.0%
Men receiving bonus 79.7%
Women receiving bonus 53.1%
Mean bonus gap 12.2%
Median bonus gap 27.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 21.2%
78.8%
Upper-middle 30.7%
69.3%
Lower-middle 55.1%
44.9%
Lower quartile 65.2%
34.8%
2020 Mean pay gap 24.7%

In this organisation, women earned 64p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 27.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 20.4% of the highest paid quarter and 64.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 24.7%
Median hourly pay gap 36.2%
Men receiving bonus 77.4%
Women receiving bonus 49.9%
Mean bonus gap 7.1%
Median bonus gap 27.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 20.4%
79.6%
Upper-middle 29.7%
70.3%
Lower-middle 54.8%
45.2%
Lower quartile 64.9%
35.1%
2019 Mean pay gap 25.5%

In this organisation, women earned 63p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 35.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 23.2% of the highest paid quarter and 70.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 25.5%
Median hourly pay gap 37.0%
Men receiving bonus 70.5%
Women receiving bonus 50.9%
Mean bonus gap 10.2%
Median bonus gap 35.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.2%
76.8%
Upper-middle 29.4%
70.6%
Lower-middle 48.2%
51.8%
Lower quartile 70.4%
29.6%
2018 Mean pay gap 27.5%

In this organisation, women earned 61p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 29.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 23.1% of the highest paid quarter and 69.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 27.5%
Median hourly pay gap 39.4%
Men receiving bonus 60.8%
Women receiving bonus 45.8%
Mean bonus gap 17.8%
Median bonus gap 29.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.1%
76.9%
Upper-middle 31.4%
68.6%
Lower-middle 50.8%
49.2%
Lower quartile 69.8%
30.2%
2017 Mean pay gap 29.1%

In this organisation, women earned 60p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 47.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 25.6% of the highest paid quarter and 72.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 29.1%
Median hourly pay gap 40.4%
Men receiving bonus 56.5%
Women receiving bonus 45.7%
Mean bonus gap 30.0%
Median bonus gap 47.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 25.6%
74.4%
Upper-middle 30.8%
69.2%
Lower-middle 60.9%
39.1%
Lower quartile 72.5%
27.5%