Northumberland County Council

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

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Last submission received on Monday, 23 Mar 2026 at 12:14 UTC.

Employer ID 9149
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 -2.1%

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

Women made up 64.6% of the highest paid quarter and 59.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -2.1%
Median hourly pay gap 3.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.6%
35.4%
Upper-middle 52.8%
47.2%
Lower-middle 65.3%
34.7%
Lower quartile 59.5%
40.5%
2024 Mean pay gap -2.1%

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

Women made up 66.1% of the highest paid quarter and 59.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -2.1%
Median hourly pay gap 3.4%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 66.1%
33.9%
Upper-middle 51.6%
48.4%
Lower-middle 64.7%
35.3%
Lower quartile 59.8%
40.2%
2023 Mean pay gap -0.4%

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

Women made up 64.6% of the highest paid quarter and 58.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap -0.4%
Median hourly pay gap 1.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 64.6%
35.4%
Upper-middle 54.4%
45.6%
Lower-middle 66.3%
33.7%
Lower quartile 58.4%
41.6%
2022 Mean pay gap -0.6%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 63.6% of the highest paid quarter and 57.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

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

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 63.6%
36.4%
Upper-middle 55.8%
44.2%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 57.0%
43.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 1.4%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 57.0% of the highest paid quarter and 55.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 1.4%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.0%
43.0%
Upper-middle 51.5%
48.5%
Lower-middle 61.3%
38.7%
Lower quartile 55.8%
44.2%
2020 Mean pay gap 2.3%

In this organisation, women and men earned the same median hourly pay.

Women made up 57.6% of the highest paid quarter and 57.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.3%
Median hourly pay gap 0.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 57.6%
42.4%
Upper-middle 51.3%
48.7%
Lower-middle 61.0%
39.0%
Lower quartile 57.0%
43.0%
2019 Mean pay gap 2.9%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 58.4% of the highest paid quarter and 57.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.9%
Median hourly pay gap 0.2%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 58.4%
41.6%
Upper-middle 49.0%
51.0%
Lower-middle 63.6%
36.4%
Lower quartile 57.3%
42.7%
2018 Mean pay gap 2.9%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 56.8% of the highest paid quarter and 56.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.9%
Median hourly pay gap 0.5%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 56.8%
43.2%
Upper-middle 47.5%
52.5%
Lower-middle 63.9%
36.1%
Lower quartile 56.6%
43.4%
2017 Mean pay gap 2.2%

In this organisation, women earned 100p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 55.9% of the highest paid quarter and 55.6% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 2.2%
Median hourly pay gap 0.5%
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 55.9%
44.1%
Upper-middle 46.3%
53.7%
Lower-middle 64.2%
35.8%
Lower quartile 55.6%
44.4%