CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS LIMITED

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS LIMITED has submitted data every year since 2023, with all 3 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 2 Apr 2026 at 11:14 UTC.

Employer ID 23120
Company Number 02457888
Employer Size 250 to 499
Years Submitted
202320242025

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 -12.1%

In this organisation, women earned 75p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 76.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 14.5% of the highest paid quarter and 35.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -12.1%
Median hourly pay gap 25.5%
Men receiving bonus 96.9%
Women receiving bonus 94.6%
Mean bonus gap 14.2%
Median bonus gap 76.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 14.5%
85.5%
Upper-middle 14.3%
85.7%
Lower-middle 24.1%
75.9%
Lower quartile 35.7%
64.3%
2024 Mean pay gap 13.1%

In this organisation, women earned 78p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 74.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 14.3% of the highest paid quarter and 32.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.1%
Median hourly pay gap 22.5%
Men receiving bonus 98.1%
Women receiving bonus 97.1%
Mean bonus gap -34.1%
Median bonus gap 74.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 14.3%
85.7%
Upper-middle 15.7%
84.3%
Lower-middle 20.5%
79.5%
Lower quartile 32.5%
67.5%
2023 Mean pay gap 23.4%

In this organisation, women earned 65p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 60.8% lower than men's.

Women made up 6.9% of the highest paid quarter and 37.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 23.4%
Median hourly pay gap 35.1%
Men receiving bonus 97.8%
Women receiving bonus 96.9%
Mean bonus gap -10.4%
Median bonus gap 60.8%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 6.9%
93.1%
Upper-middle 20.8%
79.2%
Lower-middle 23.6%
76.4%
Lower quartile 37.5%
62.5%