LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY has submitted data every year since 2017. 1 of 9 submissions were filed after the deadline.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 26 Mar 2026 at 11:11 UTC.

Employer ID 7868
Company Number RC000332
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 16.4%

In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 39.7% of the highest paid quarter and 62.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.4%
Median hourly pay gap 18.5%
Men receiving bonus 9.0%
Women receiving bonus 9.0%
Mean bonus gap 3.8%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.7%
60.3%
Upper-middle 52.3%
47.7%
Lower-middle 59.9%
40.1%
Lower quartile 62.8%
37.2%
2024 Mean pay gap 16.7%

In this organisation, women earned 81p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 38.7% of the highest paid quarter and 61.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.7%
Median hourly pay gap 19.2%
Men receiving bonus 14.0%
Women receiving bonus 17.0%
Mean bonus gap 0.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 38.7%
61.3%
Upper-middle 50.1%
49.9%
Lower-middle 59.5%
40.5%
Lower quartile 61.8%
38.2%
2023 Mean pay gap 17.0%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 20.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 37.3% of the highest paid quarter and 62.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.0%
Median hourly pay gap 16.6%
Men receiving bonus 18.0%
Women receiving bonus 13.0%
Mean bonus gap 26.7%
Median bonus gap 20.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 37.3%
62.7%
Upper-middle 50.6%
49.4%
Lower-middle 56.9%
43.1%
Lower quartile 62.8%
37.2%
2022 Mean pay gap 22.0%

In this organisation, women earned 75p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 35.0% of the highest paid quarter and 66.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.0%
Median hourly pay gap 25.4%
Men receiving bonus 11.0%
Women receiving bonus 14.0%
Mean bonus gap 6.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 35.0%
65.0%
Upper-middle 49.3%
50.7%
Lower-middle 58.6%
41.4%
Lower quartile 66.7%
33.3%
2021 Mean pay gap 23.4%

In this organisation, women earned 69p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 34.5% of the highest paid quarter and 67.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 23.4%
Median hourly pay gap 31.3%
Men receiving bonus 4.2%
Women receiving bonus 3.7%
Mean bonus gap 9.2%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.5%
65.5%
Upper-middle 46.7%
53.3%
Lower-middle 58.3%
41.7%
Lower quartile 67.3%
32.7%
2020 Mean pay gap 21.5% Late submission

In this organisation, women earned 77p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 32.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 36.3% of the highest paid quarter and 62.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.5%
Median hourly pay gap 23.2%
Men receiving bonus 17.2%
Women receiving bonus 18.6%
Mean bonus gap 29.9%
Median bonus gap 32.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 36.3%
63.7%
Upper-middle 47.2%
52.8%
Lower-middle 60.3%
39.7%
Lower quartile 62.6%
37.4%
2019 Mean pay gap 22.7%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 39.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 34.5% of the highest paid quarter and 64.2% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.7%
Median hourly pay gap 27.6%
Men receiving bonus 26.2%
Women receiving bonus 28.0%
Mean bonus gap 37.0%
Median bonus gap 39.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.5%
65.5%
Upper-middle 45.0%
55.0%
Lower-middle 57.8%
42.2%
Lower quartile 64.2%
35.8%
2018 Mean pay gap 27.1%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 39.5% lower than men's.

Women made up 33.6% of the highest paid quarter and 69.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 27.1%
Median hourly pay gap 35.7%
Men receiving bonus 23.1%
Women receiving bonus 29.3%
Mean bonus gap 26.2%
Median bonus gap 39.5%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.6%
66.4%
Upper-middle 42.9%
57.1%
Lower-middle 61.2%
38.8%
Lower quartile 69.4%
30.6%
2017 Mean pay gap 24.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 46.4% lower than men's.

Women made up 33.3% of the highest paid quarter and 69.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 24.3%
Median hourly pay gap 27.7%
Men receiving bonus 12.4%
Women receiving bonus 12.3%
Mean bonus gap 35.1%
Median bonus gap 46.4%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.3%
66.7%
Upper-middle 47.7%
52.3%
Lower-middle 56.2%
43.8%
Lower quartile 69.6%
30.4%