Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has submitted data every year since 2021, with all 5 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 9 Feb 2026 at 09:02 UTC.

Employer ID 20870
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 5000 to 19,999
Years Submitted
20212022202320242025

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 2.0%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 47.3% of the highest paid quarter and 49.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.0%
Median hourly pay gap 3.2%
Men receiving bonus 50.5%
Women receiving bonus 47.8%
Mean bonus gap 4.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.3%
52.7%
Upper-middle 47.7%
52.3%
Lower-middle 49.7%
50.3%
Lower quartile 49.9%
50.1%
2024 Mean pay gap 2.5%

In this organisation, women earned 97p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 46.2% of the highest paid quarter and 50.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.5%
Median hourly pay gap 2.7%
Men receiving bonus 48.1%
Women receiving bonus 45.3%
Mean bonus gap 9.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.2%
53.8%
Upper-middle 48.7%
51.3%
Lower-middle 49.0%
51.0%
Lower quartile 50.5%
49.5%
2023 Mean pay gap 4.0%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 22.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.8% of the highest paid quarter and 51.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.0%
Median hourly pay gap 8.7%
Men receiving bonus 45.5%
Women receiving bonus 40.5%
Mean bonus gap 16.0%
Median bonus gap 22.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.8%
55.2%
Upper-middle 47.1%
52.9%
Lower-middle 49.1%
50.9%
Lower quartile 51.7%
48.3%
2022 Mean pay gap 4.7%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 22.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.7% of the highest paid quarter and 53.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.7%
Median hourly pay gap 9.1%
Men receiving bonus 51.5%
Women receiving bonus 52.5%
Mean bonus gap 20.3%
Median bonus gap 22.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.7%
55.3%
Upper-middle 48.2%
51.8%
Lower-middle 47.7%
52.3%
Lower quartile 53.7%
46.3%
2021 Mean pay gap 5.0%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 25.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.4% of the highest paid quarter and 54.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.0%
Median hourly pay gap 9.8%
Men receiving bonus 64.9%
Women receiving bonus 61.4%
Mean bonus gap 23.6%
Median bonus gap 25.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.4%
55.6%
Upper-middle 46.7%
53.3%
Lower-middle 48.7%
51.3%
Lower quartile 54.7%
45.3%