WATSON FARLEY & WILLIAMS LLP

WATSON FARLEY & WILLIAMS LLP 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 09:13 UTC.

Employer ID 26
Company Number OC312252
Employer Size 250 to 499
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 14.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 68.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 56.0% of the highest paid quarter and 72.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 14.0%
Median hourly pay gap 9.0%
Men receiving bonus 58.0%
Women receiving bonus 56.0%
Mean bonus gap 49.0%
Median bonus gap 68.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.0%
44.0%
Upper-middle 49.0%
51.0%
Lower-middle 70.0%
30.0%
Lower quartile 72.0%
28.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 16.0%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 61.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 57.0% of the highest paid quarter and 79.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.0%
Median hourly pay gap 20.0%
Men receiving bonus 59.0%
Women receiving bonus 59.0%
Mean bonus gap 35.0%
Median bonus gap 61.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.0%
43.0%
Upper-middle 46.0%
54.0%
Lower-middle 60.0%
40.0%
Lower quartile 79.0%
21.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 24.0%

In this organisation, women earned 62p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 67.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 50.0% of the highest paid quarter and 88.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 24.0%
Median hourly pay gap 38.0%
Men receiving bonus 50.0%
Women receiving bonus 56.0%
Mean bonus gap 38.0%
Median bonus gap 67.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 50.0%
50.0%
Upper-middle 53.0%
47.0%
Lower-middle 63.0%
37.0%
Lower quartile 88.0%
12.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 18.0%

In this organisation, women earned 72p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 4.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 54.0% of the highest paid quarter and 82.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.0%
Median hourly pay gap 28.0%
Men receiving bonus 51.0%
Women receiving bonus 56.0%
Mean bonus gap 18.0%
Median bonus gap 4.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.0%
46.0%
Upper-middle 57.0%
43.0%
Lower-middle 59.0%
41.0%
Lower quartile 82.0%
18.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 12.0%

In this organisation, women earned 73p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 69.9% higher than men's.

Women made up 58.3% of the highest paid quarter and 83.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.0%
Median hourly pay gap 26.9%
Men receiving bonus 53.5%
Women receiving bonus 63.6%
Mean bonus gap 30.0%
Median bonus gap -69.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.3%
41.7%
Upper-middle 56.3%
43.7%
Lower-middle 53.2%
46.8%
Lower quartile 83.7%
16.3%
2020 Mean pay gap 13.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 38.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 55.0% of the highest paid quarter and 77.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.0%
Median hourly pay gap 17.0%
Men receiving bonus 93.0%
Women receiving bonus 88.0%
Mean bonus gap 39.0%
Median bonus gap 38.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.0%
45.0%
Upper-middle 60.0%
40.0%
Lower-middle 63.0%
37.0%
Lower quartile 77.0%
23.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 15.0%

In this organisation, women earned 64p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 45.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 51.0% of the highest paid quarter and 81.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.0%
Median hourly pay gap 36.0%
Men receiving bonus 60.0%
Women receiving bonus 65.0%
Mean bonus gap 41.0%
Median bonus gap 45.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 51.0%
49.0%
Upper-middle 56.0%
44.0%
Lower-middle 62.0%
38.0%
Lower quartile 81.0%
19.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 27.0%

In this organisation, women earned 66p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 51.0% of the highest paid quarter and 66.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 27.0%
Median hourly pay gap 34.5%
Men receiving bonus 89.8%
Women receiving bonus 92.0%
Mean bonus gap 45.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 51.0%
49.0%
Upper-middle 50.0%
50.0%
Lower-middle 75.0%
25.0%
Lower quartile 66.0%
34.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 22.9%

In this organisation, women earned 64p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 11.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 54.5% of the highest paid quarter and 67.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.9%
Median hourly pay gap 36.4%
Men receiving bonus 96.5%
Women receiving bonus 94.6%
Mean bonus gap 38.2%
Median bonus gap 11.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.5%
45.5%
Upper-middle 47.3%
52.7%
Lower-middle 76.4%
23.6%
Lower quartile 67.3%
32.7%