UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Friday, 20 Feb 2026 at 11:47 UTC.

Employer ID 648
Company Number 02366678
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 6.7%

In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 12.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 33.8% of the highest paid quarter and 46.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.7%
Median hourly pay gap 13.3%
Men receiving bonus 88.9%
Women receiving bonus 90.7%
Mean bonus gap 22.7%
Median bonus gap 12.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.8%
66.2%
Upper-middle 24.1%
75.9%
Lower-middle 30.5%
69.5%
Lower quartile 46.8%
53.2%
2024 Mean pay gap 8.5%

In this organisation, women earned 85p 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 31.5% of the highest paid quarter and 50.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 8.5%
Median hourly pay gap 14.8%
Men receiving bonus 93.6%
Women receiving bonus 93.5%
Mean bonus gap 15.3%
Median bonus gap 11.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 31.5%
68.5%
Upper-middle 22.9%
77.1%
Lower-middle 29.6%
70.4%
Lower quartile 50.0%
50.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 7.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 10.3% lower than men's.

Women made up 34.0% of the highest paid quarter and 48.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.4%
Median hourly pay gap 14.6%
Men receiving bonus 91.8%
Women receiving bonus 91.8%
Mean bonus gap 16.6%
Median bonus gap 10.3%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.0%
66.0%
Upper-middle 22.3%
77.7%
Lower-middle 29.6%
70.4%
Lower quartile 48.7%
51.3%
2022 Mean pay gap 7.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 12.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 29.8% of the highest paid quarter and 47.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.8%
Median hourly pay gap 14.9%
Men receiving bonus 90.1%
Women receiving bonus 89.7%
Mean bonus gap 22.1%
Median bonus gap 12.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 29.8%
70.2%
Upper-middle 22.4%
77.6%
Lower-middle 32.0%
68.0%
Lower quartile 47.0%
53.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 7.6%

In this organisation, women earned 85p 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 29.8% of the highest paid quarter and 47.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.6%
Median hourly pay gap 15.1%
Men receiving bonus 95.7%
Women receiving bonus 95.7%
Mean bonus gap 16.9%
Median bonus gap 11.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 29.8%
70.2%
Upper-middle 22.4%
77.6%
Lower-middle 32.0%
68.0%
Lower quartile 47.0%
53.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 9.8%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 14.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 28.8% of the highest paid quarter and 48.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 9.8%
Median hourly pay gap 15.2%
Men receiving bonus 93.0%
Women receiving bonus 94.4%
Mean bonus gap 22.0%
Median bonus gap 14.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 28.8%
71.2%
Upper-middle 21.6%
78.4%
Lower-middle 32.8%
67.2%
Lower quartile 48.8%
51.2%
2019 Mean pay gap 10.1%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 15.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 29.3% of the highest paid quarter and 49.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.1%
Median hourly pay gap 14.6%
Men receiving bonus 90.2%
Women receiving bonus 95.6%
Mean bonus gap 24.3%
Median bonus gap 15.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 29.3%
70.7%
Upper-middle 24.2%
75.8%
Lower-middle 32.1%
67.9%
Lower quartile 49.1%
50.9%
2018 Mean pay gap 12.1%

In this organisation, women earned 84p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 15.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 29.0% of the highest paid quarter and 54.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.1%
Median hourly pay gap 15.6%
Men receiving bonus 93.1%
Women receiving bonus 96.0%
Mean bonus gap 23.8%
Median bonus gap 15.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 29.0%
71.0%
Upper-middle 23.9%
76.1%
Lower-middle 30.6%
69.4%
Lower quartile 54.3%
45.7%
2017 Mean pay gap 12.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 17.6% lower than men's.

Women made up 28.8% of the highest paid quarter and 52.9% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.3%
Median hourly pay gap 15.2%
Men receiving bonus 91.4%
Women receiving bonus 94.0%
Mean bonus gap 26.1%
Median bonus gap 17.6%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 28.8%
71.2%
Upper-middle 27.3%
72.7%
Lower-middle 30.9%
69.1%
Lower quartile 52.9%
47.1%