NHS Dorset

NHS Dorset has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Monday, 8 Dec 2025 at 09:11 UTC.

Employer ID 8968
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 250 to 499
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 16.6%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 69.2% of the highest paid quarter and 85.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.6%
Median hourly pay gap 7.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 69.2%
30.8%
Upper-middle 78.8%
21.2%
Lower-middle 85.6%
14.4%
Lower quartile 85.6%
14.4%
2024 Mean pay gap 21.0%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 67.5% of the highest paid quarter and 87.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.0%
Median hourly pay gap 7.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.5%
32.5%
Upper-middle 79.0%
21.0%
Lower-middle 82.9%
17.1%
Lower quartile 87.0%
13.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 18.2%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 66.9% of the highest paid quarter and 86.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.2%
Median hourly pay gap 7.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.9%
33.1%
Upper-middle 77.6%
22.4%
Lower-middle 80.6%
19.4%
Lower quartile 86.4%
13.6%
2022 Mean pay gap 13.9%

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

Women made up 67.6% of the highest paid quarter and 84.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.9%
Median hourly pay gap 2.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.6%
32.4%
Upper-middle 78.6%
21.4%
Lower-middle 77.7%
22.3%
Lower quartile 84.1%
15.9%
2021 Mean pay gap 13.6%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.8% of the highest paid quarter and 13.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 13.6%
Median hourly pay gap 7.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.8%
31.2%
Upper-middle 20.6%
79.4%
Lower-middle 20.6%
79.4%
Lower quartile 13.1%
86.9%
2020 Mean pay gap 12.6%

In this organisation, women earned 89p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.9% of the highest paid quarter and 85.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 12.6%
Median hourly pay gap 10.6%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.9%
31.1%
Upper-middle 80.4%
19.6%
Lower-middle 79.4%
20.6%
Lower quartile 85.3%
14.7%
2019 Mean pay gap 21.4%

In this organisation, women earned 78p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 68.1% of the highest paid quarter and 83.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 21.4%
Median hourly pay gap 21.7%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 68.1%
31.9%
Upper-middle 80.2%
19.8%
Lower-middle 82.4%
17.6%
Lower quartile 83.5%
16.5%
2018 Mean pay gap 20.9%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 67.0% of the highest paid quarter and 83.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 20.9%
Median hourly pay gap 20.3%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 67.0%
33.0%
Upper-middle 80.7%
19.3%
Lower-middle 84.3%
15.7%
Lower quartile 83.0%
17.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 22.1%

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

Women made up 64.3% of the highest paid quarter and 83.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 22.1%
Median hourly pay gap 16.2%
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 64.3%
35.7%
Upper-middle 78.3%
21.7%
Lower-middle 84.3%
15.7%
Lower quartile 83.1%
16.9%