HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2026 at 09:42 UTC.

Employer ID 5949
Company Number SC027389
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 11.4%

In this organisation, women earned 92p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

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

Women made up 65.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.4%
Median hourly pay gap 8.2%
Men receiving bonus 83.0%
Women receiving bonus 80.0%
Mean bonus gap 44.2%
Median bonus gap -1.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.0%
35.0%
Upper-middle 70.0%
30.0%
Lower-middle 77.0%
23.0%
Lower quartile 68.0%
32.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 11.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 6.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 65.0% of the highest paid quarter and 68.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.0%
Median hourly pay gap 3.5%
Men receiving bonus 83.0%
Women receiving bonus 83.0%
Mean bonus gap 35.6%
Median bonus gap 6.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 65.0%
35.0%
Upper-middle 72.0%
28.0%
Lower-middle 73.0%
27.0%
Lower quartile 68.0%
32.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 11.9%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 10.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 66.0% of the highest paid quarter and 64.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.9%
Median hourly pay gap 4.2%
Men receiving bonus 86.0%
Women receiving bonus 82.0%
Mean bonus gap 38.4%
Median bonus gap 10.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.0%
34.0%
Upper-middle 72.0%
28.0%
Lower-middle 78.0%
22.0%
Lower quartile 64.0%
36.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 10.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 11.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 66.0% of the highest paid quarter and 67.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.8%
Median hourly pay gap 2.9%
Men receiving bonus 88.0%
Women receiving bonus 84.0%
Mean bonus gap 42.1%
Median bonus gap 11.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.0%
34.0%
Upper-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower-middle 76.0%
24.0%
Lower quartile 67.0%
33.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 11.1%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 11.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 64.0% of the highest paid quarter and 64.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.1%
Median hourly pay gap 4.4%
Men receiving bonus 92.0%
Women receiving bonus 84.0%
Mean bonus gap 43.5%
Median bonus gap 11.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.0%
36.0%
Upper-middle 70.0%
30.0%
Lower-middle 73.0%
27.0%
Lower quartile 64.0%
36.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 15.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 26.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 61.0% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.3%
Median hourly pay gap 8.8%
Men receiving bonus 88.0%
Women receiving bonus 81.0%
Mean bonus gap 49.4%
Median bonus gap 26.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 61.0%
39.0%
Upper-middle 64.0%
36.0%
Lower-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower quartile 75.0%
25.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 16.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 15.9% lower than men's.

Women made up 58.0% of the highest paid quarter and 64.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.3%
Median hourly pay gap 8.8%
Men receiving bonus 89.0%
Women receiving bonus 83.0%
Mean bonus gap 51.3%
Median bonus gap 15.9%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.0%
42.0%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 72.0%
28.0%
Lower quartile 64.0%
36.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 16.5%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 11.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 55.0% of the highest paid quarter and 64.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.5%
Median hourly pay gap 10.2%
Men receiving bonus 84.0%
Women receiving bonus 80.0%
Mean bonus gap 56.5%
Median bonus gap 11.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 55.0%
45.0%
Upper-middle 68.0%
32.0%
Lower-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower quartile 64.0%
36.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 16.1%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 14.1% lower than men's.

Women made up 57.0% of the highest paid quarter and 64.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.1%
Median hourly pay gap 10.4%
Men receiving bonus 87.0%
Women receiving bonus 79.0%
Mean bonus gap 47.0%
Median bonus gap 14.1%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.0%
43.0%
Upper-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower quartile 64.0%
36.0%