NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE

NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE has submitted data every year since 2019. 1 of 7 submissions were filed after the deadline.

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Last submission received on Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025 at 05:41 UTC.

Employer ID 23356
Company Number 11444362
Employer Size 500 to 999
Years Submitted
2019202020212022202320242025

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 1.1%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 32.6% of the highest paid quarter and 39.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.1%
Median hourly pay gap 0.1%
Men receiving bonus 81.4%
Women receiving bonus 80.1%
Mean bonus gap -5.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 32.6%
67.4%
Upper-middle 34.8%
65.2%
Lower-middle 37.1%
62.9%
Lower quartile 39.1%
60.9%
2024 Mean pay gap 5.7%

In this organisation, women earned 98p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 31.9% of the highest paid quarter and 42.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.7%
Median hourly pay gap 2.0%
Men receiving bonus 88.3%
Women receiving bonus 88.3%
Mean bonus gap 16.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 31.9%
68.0%
Upper-middle 30.0%
70.0%
Lower-middle 37.9%
62.1%
Lower quartile 42.9%
57.1%
2023 Mean pay gap 3.6% Late submission

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

Women's median bonus pay was 1.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 30.4% of the highest paid quarter and 39.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.6%
Median hourly pay gap 2.7%
Men receiving bonus 91.6%
Women receiving bonus 91.3%
Mean bonus gap 3.0%
Median bonus gap 1.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 30.4%
69.6%
Upper-middle 32.1%
67.9%
Lower-middle 38.7%
61.3%
Lower quartile 39.3%
60.7%
2022 Mean pay gap 4.6%

In this organisation, women earned 96p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 25.9% of the highest paid quarter and 37.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.6%
Median hourly pay gap 4.0%
Men receiving bonus 95.5%
Women receiving bonus 94.3%
Mean bonus gap 5.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 25.9%
74.0%
Upper-middle 37.1%
62.9%
Lower-middle 35.2%
64.8%
Lower quartile 37.7%
62.3%
2021 Mean pay gap 4.7%

In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 24.5% of the highest paid quarter and 32.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 4.7%
Median hourly pay gap 5.7%
Men receiving bonus 67.2%
Women receiving bonus 32.8%
Mean bonus gap -7.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 24.5%
75.5%
Upper-middle 33.6%
66.4%
Lower-middle 34.3%
65.7%
Lower quartile 32.1%
67.9%
2020 Mean pay gap 11.7%

In this organisation, women earned 94p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 40.0% higher than men's.

Women made up 23.6% of the highest paid quarter and 37.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.7%
Median hourly pay gap 6.2%
Men receiving bonus 64.7%
Women receiving bonus 35.3%
Mean bonus gap 31.8%
Median bonus gap -40.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 23.6%
76.4%
Upper-middle 35.8%
64.2%
Lower-middle 38.3%
61.7%
Lower quartile 37.6%
62.4%
2019 Mean pay gap 6.5%

In this organisation, women earned 95p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 25.3% of the highest paid quarter and 35.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.5%
Median hourly pay gap 5.1%
Men receiving bonus 56.9%
Women receiving bonus 43.1%
Mean bonus gap -40.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 25.3%
74.7%
Upper-middle 36.4%
63.6%
Lower-middle 38.3%
61.7%
Lower quartile 35.6%
64.4%