BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS LIMITED has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 2 Apr 2026 at 14:22 UTC.

Employer ID 2390
Company Number 02328679
Employer Size 5000 to 19,999
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 21.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 32.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 90.1% of the highest paid quarter and 96.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.8%
Median hourly pay gap 5.7%
Men receiving bonus 15.8%
Women receiving bonus 6.5%
Mean bonus gap 51.6%
Median bonus gap 32.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 90.1%
9.9%
Upper-middle 97.1%
2.9%
Lower-middle 96.3%
3.7%
Lower quartile 96.6%
3.4%
2024 Mean pay gap 21.8%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 52.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 90.4% of the highest paid quarter and 97.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.8%
Median hourly pay gap 7.3%
Men receiving bonus 17.1%
Women receiving bonus 8.3%
Mean bonus gap 50.0%
Median bonus gap 52.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 90.4%
9.6%
Upper-middle 94.9%
5.1%
Lower-middle 96.2%
3.8%
Lower quartile 97.4%
2.6%
2023 Mean pay gap 33.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 1.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 89.1% of the highest paid quarter and 98.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 33.8%
Median hourly pay gap 9.7%
Men receiving bonus 11.8%
Women receiving bonus 4.6%
Mean bonus gap 9.7%
Median bonus gap 1.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 89.1%
10.9%
Upper-middle 95.4%
4.6%
Lower-middle 96.4%
3.6%
Lower quartile 98.2%
1.8%
2022 Mean pay gap 28.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 11.1% lower than men's.

Women made up 89.9% of the highest paid quarter and 97.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 28.3%
Median hourly pay gap 9.3%
Men receiving bonus 9.6%
Women receiving bonus 5.7%
Mean bonus gap 62.2%
Median bonus gap 11.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 89.9%
10.1%
Upper-middle 95.6%
4.4%
Lower-middle 95.5%
4.5%
Lower quartile 97.5%
2.5%
2021 Mean pay gap 28.4%

In this organisation, women earned 83p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 78.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 88.6% of the highest paid quarter and 97.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 28.4%
Median hourly pay gap 16.6%
Men receiving bonus 6.0%
Women receiving bonus 4.3%
Mean bonus gap 3.3%
Median bonus gap 78.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 88.6%
11.4%
Upper-middle 96.0%
4.0%
Lower-middle 97.3%
2.7%
Lower quartile 97.5%
2.5%
2020 Mean pay gap 33.1%

In this organisation, women earned 65p 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 83.0% of the highest paid quarter and 97.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 33.1%
Median hourly pay gap 35.5%
Men receiving bonus 9.7%
Women receiving bonus 5.5%
Mean bonus gap 90.4%
Median bonus gap 47.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 83.0%
17.0%
Upper-middle 93.0%
7.0%
Lower-middle 97.0%
3.0%
Lower quartile 97.0%
3.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 9.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 33.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 87.3% of the highest paid quarter and 91.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.8%
Median hourly pay gap 6.1%
Men receiving bonus 7.6%
Women receiving bonus 8.3%
Mean bonus gap 48.9%
Median bonus gap 33.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 87.3%
12.7%
Upper-middle 90.3%
9.7%
Lower-middle 92.4%
7.6%
Lower quartile 91.6%
8.4%
2018 Mean pay gap 23.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 16.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 88.5% of the highest paid quarter and 94.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 23.4%
Median hourly pay gap 5.9%
Men receiving bonus 9.7%
Women receiving bonus 10.5%
Mean bonus gap 56.7%
Median bonus gap 16.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 88.5%
11.5%
Upper-middle 94.2%
5.8%
Lower-middle 92.6%
7.4%
Lower quartile 94.9%
5.1%
2017 Mean pay gap 29.5%

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 61.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 89.6% of the highest paid quarter and 96.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 29.5%
Median hourly pay gap 15.1%
Men receiving bonus 11.4%
Women receiving bonus 9.9%
Mean bonus gap 54.1%
Median bonus gap 61.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 89.6%
10.4%
Upper-middle 94.3%
5.7%
Lower-middle 96.5%
3.5%
Lower quartile 96.5%
3.5%