Durham County Council

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

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Last submission received on Friday, 23 Jan 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

Employer ID 4325
Company Number N/A
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 -0.5%

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

Women made up 64.8% of the highest paid quarter and 66.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.5%
Median hourly pay gap 3.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.8%
35.2%
Upper-middle 60.3%
39.7%
Lower-middle 64.0%
36.0%
Lower quartile 66.7%
33.3%
2024 Mean pay gap -0.6%

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

Women made up 64.2% of the highest paid quarter and 64.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.6%
Median hourly pay gap 2.1%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.2%
35.8%
Upper-middle 61.9%
38.1%
Lower-middle 64.4%
35.6%
Lower quartile 64.5%
35.5%
2023 Mean pay gap 0.7%

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

Women made up 63.6% of the highest paid quarter and 61.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.7%
Median hourly pay gap 4.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.6%
36.4%
Upper-middle 60.9%
39.1%
Lower-middle 68.8%
31.2%
Lower quartile 61.3%
38.7%
2022 Mean pay gap 0.1%

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

Women made up 62.7% of the highest paid quarter and 60.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 0.1%
Median hourly pay gap 5.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.7%
37.3%
Upper-middle 60.0%
40.0%
Lower-middle 68.0%
32.0%
Lower quartile 60.4%
39.6%
2021 Mean pay gap 1.9%

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

Women made up 61.5% of the highest paid quarter and 61.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.9%
Median hourly pay gap 3.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.5%
38.5%
Upper-middle 59.3%
40.7%
Lower-middle 68.8%
31.2%
Lower quartile 61.6%
38.4%
2020 Mean pay gap 2.7%

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

Women made up 60.5% of the highest paid quarter and 63.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.7%
Median hourly pay gap 4.9%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.5%
39.5%
Upper-middle 60.7%
39.3%
Lower-middle 65.7%
34.3%
Lower quartile 63.4%
36.6%
2019 Mean pay gap 3.6%

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

Women made up 59.6% of the highest paid quarter and 64.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.6%
Median hourly pay gap 4.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 59.6%
40.4%
Upper-middle 62.2%
37.8%
Lower-middle 64.7%
35.3%
Lower quartile 64.9%
35.1%
2018 Mean pay gap 1.9%

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

Women made up 62.0% of the highest paid quarter and 63.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.9%
Median hourly pay gap 4.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 62.0%
38.0%
Upper-middle 60.9%
39.1%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 63.5%
36.5%
2017 Mean pay gap 3.4%

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

Women made up 60.5% of the highest paid quarter and 63.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 3.4%
Median hourly pay gap 4.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 60.5%
39.5%
Upper-middle 61.6%
38.4%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 63.2%
36.8%