GCHQ
GCHQ has submitted data every year since 2018, with all 8 submissions on time.
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Last submission received on Monday, 30 Mar 2026 at 08:50 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 11.9%
Submitted on Monday, 30 Mar 2026 at 08:50 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 17.9% higher than men's.
Women made up 27.3% of the highest paid quarter and 49.8% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2024 Mean pay gap 12.2%
Submitted on Friday, 28 Mar 2025 at 10:13 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 10.7% higher than men's.
Women made up 26.0% of the highest paid quarter and 51.7% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2023 Mean pay gap 11.5%
Submitted on Thursday, 21 Mar 2024 at 16:28 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 2.8% higher than men's.
Women made up 24.9% of the highest paid quarter and 46.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2022 Mean pay gap 11.0%
Submitted on Thursday, 30 Mar 2023 at 11:18 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women made up 24.1% of the highest paid quarter and 43.2% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2021 Mean pay gap 10.4%
Submitted on Monday, 7 Feb 2022 at 16:26 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 13.6% higher than men's.
Women made up 23.9% of the highest paid quarter and 41.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2020 Mean pay gap 11.7%
Submitted on Tuesday, 5 Jan 2021 at 13:34 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 19.5% lower than men's.
Women made up 24.9% of the highest paid quarter and 44.1% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2019 Mean pay gap 12.5%
Submitted on Tuesday, 8 Dec 2020 at 15:15 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 86p 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 23.8% of the highest paid quarter and 43.5% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown
2018 Mean pay gap 12.3%
Submitted on Wednesday, 19 Dec 2018 at 14:02 UTC.
In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.
Women's median bonus pay was 31.0% lower than men's.
Women made up 23.1% of the highest paid quarter and 44.6% of the lowest paid quarter.
Pay quartile breakdown