Colchester City Council

Colchester City Council has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026 at 09:26 UTC.

Employer ID 3437
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
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 -3.9%

In this organisation, women earned £1.01 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 58.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 57.0% of the highest paid quarter and 50.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -3.9%
Median hourly pay gap -0.8%
Men receiving bonus 20.7%
Women receiving bonus 4.0%
Mean bonus gap 81.9%
Median bonus gap 58.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.0%
43.0%
Upper-middle 50.4%
49.6%
Lower-middle 36.4%
63.6%
Lower quartile 50.2%
49.8%
2024 Mean pay gap -7.8%

In this organisation, women earned £1.07 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 88.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 54.2% of the highest paid quarter and 43.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -7.8%
Median hourly pay gap -6.7%
Men receiving bonus 23.7%
Women receiving bonus 4.3%
Mean bonus gap 95.8%
Median bonus gap 88.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 54.2%
45.8%
Upper-middle 51.0%
49.0%
Lower-middle 37.6%
62.4%
Lower quartile 43.7%
56.3%
2023 Mean pay gap -7.6%

In this organisation, women earned £1.09 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 91.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 57.3% of the highest paid quarter and 43.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -7.6%
Median hourly pay gap -9.4%
Men receiving bonus 21.5%
Women receiving bonus 1.4%
Mean bonus gap 97.8%
Median bonus gap 91.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.3%
42.7%
Upper-middle 46.5%
53.5%
Lower-middle 39.8%
60.2%
Lower quartile 43.3%
56.7%
2022 Mean pay gap -1.9%

In this organisation, women earned £1.05 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 55.4% of the highest paid quarter and 54.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -1.9%
Median hourly pay gap -5.5%
Men receiving bonus 72.3%
Women receiving bonus 65.8%
Mean bonus gap 40.4%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.4%
44.6%
Upper-middle 37.2%
62.8%
Lower-middle 48.3%
51.7%
Lower quartile 54.8%
45.2%
2021 Mean pay gap -1.9%

In this organisation, women earned £1.10 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 55.7% of the highest paid quarter and 51.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -1.9%
Median hourly pay gap -9.7%
Men receiving bonus 79.7%
Women receiving bonus 76.5%
Mean bonus gap 30.4%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.7%
44.3%
Upper-middle 50.8%
49.2%
Lower-middle 39.2%
60.8%
Lower quartile 51.1%
48.9%
2020 Mean pay gap -6.6%

In this organisation, women earned £1.08 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 69.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 57.3% of the highest paid quarter and 47.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -6.6%
Median hourly pay gap -8.2%
Men receiving bonus 18.7%
Women receiving bonus 0.7%
Mean bonus gap 69.2%
Median bonus gap 69.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.3%
42.7%
Upper-middle 52.1%
47.9%
Lower-middle 37.2%
62.8%
Lower quartile 47.7%
52.3%
2019 Mean pay gap -3.7%

In this organisation, women earned £1.03 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 60.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 52.9% of the highest paid quarter and 54.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -3.7%
Median hourly pay gap -2.7%
Men receiving bonus 26.7%
Women receiving bonus 2.5%
Mean bonus gap 23.0%
Median bonus gap 60.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 52.9%
47.1%
Upper-middle 34.8%
65.2%
Lower-middle 49.3%
50.7%
Lower quartile 54.6%
45.4%
2018 Mean pay gap -4.6%

In this organisation, women earned £1.06 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 2.5% higher than men's.

Women made up 47.3% of the highest paid quarter and 33.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -4.6%
Median hourly pay gap -6.5%
Men receiving bonus 92.0%
Women receiving bonus 91.0%
Mean bonus gap -11.3%
Median bonus gap -2.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.3%
52.7%
Upper-middle 61.3%
38.7%
Lower-middle 43.2%
56.8%
Lower quartile 33.5%
66.5%
2017 Mean pay gap -6.0%

In this organisation, women earned £1.04 for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 31.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 52.6% of the highest paid quarter and 34.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -6.0%
Median hourly pay gap -4.0%
Men receiving bonus 25.6%
Women receiving bonus 4.6%
Mean bonus gap 77.6%
Median bonus gap 31.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 52.6%
47.4%
Upper-middle 59.9%
40.1%
Lower-middle 44.2%
55.8%
Lower quartile 34.7%
65.3%