ORCHID CELLMARK LTD

ORCHID CELLMARK LTD has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 8 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Tuesday, 31 Mar 2026 at 10:16 UTC.

Employer ID 9424
Company Number 04045527
Employer Size 250 to 499
Years Submitted
20172018202020212022202320242025

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 17.3%

In this organisation, women earned 79p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 43.0% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.3%
Median hourly pay gap 21.0%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 43.0%
57.0%
Upper-middle 69.0%
31.0%
Lower-middle 65.0%
35.0%
Lower quartile 75.0%
25.0%
2024 Mean pay gap 17.9%

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

Women made up 44.0% of the highest paid quarter and 72.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.9%
Median hourly pay gap 21.8%
Men receiving bonus 0.0%
Women receiving bonus 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.0%
56.0%
Upper-middle 67.0%
33.0%
Lower-middle 73.0%
27.0%
Lower quartile 72.0%
28.0%
2023 Mean pay gap 17.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 80.0% lower than men's.

Women made up 44.0% of the highest paid quarter and 71.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 17.3%
Median hourly pay gap 20.4%
Men receiving bonus 14.0%
Women receiving bonus 8.0%
Mean bonus gap 65.5%
Median bonus gap 80.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.0%
56.0%
Upper-middle 62.0%
38.0%
Lower-middle 71.0%
29.0%
Lower quartile 71.0%
29.0%
2022 Mean pay gap 19.4%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 91.2% lower than men's.

Women made up 46.0% of the highest paid quarter and 76.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 19.4%
Median hourly pay gap 22.7%
Men receiving bonus 6.0%
Women receiving bonus 6.0%
Mean bonus gap 68.9%
Median bonus gap 91.2%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 46.0%
54.0%
Upper-middle 57.0%
43.0%
Lower-middle 69.0%
31.0%
Lower quartile 76.0%
24.0%
2021 Mean pay gap 15.9%

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

Women made up 47.0% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.9%
Median hourly pay gap 15.2%
Men receiving bonus 92.1%
Women receiving bonus 97.5%
Mean bonus gap 35.7%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.0%
53.0%
Upper-middle 61.0%
39.0%
Lower-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower quartile 75.0%
25.0%
2020 Mean pay gap 16.3%

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

Women's median bonus pay was 74.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 47.0% of the highest paid quarter and 80.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 16.3%
Median hourly pay gap 15.5%
Men receiving bonus 19.0%
Women receiving bonus 12.5%
Mean bonus gap 61.0%
Median bonus gap 74.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.0%
53.0%
Upper-middle 59.0%
41.0%
Lower-middle 64.0%
36.0%
Lower quartile 80.0%
20.0%
2018 Mean pay gap 15.3%

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

Women made up 47.0% of the highest paid quarter and 75.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 15.3%
Median hourly pay gap 11.5%
Men receiving bonus 84.3%
Women receiving bonus 97.7%
Mean bonus gap 24.6%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 47.0%
53.0%
Upper-middle 61.0%
39.0%
Lower-middle 66.0%
34.0%
Lower quartile 75.0%
25.0%
2017 Mean pay gap 18.0%

In this organisation, women earned 86p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 47.0% of the highest paid quarter and 80.0% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 18.0%
Median hourly pay gap 14.1%
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 47.0%
53.0%
Upper-middle 64.0%
36.0%
Lower-middle 60.0%
40.0%
Lower quartile 80.0%
20.0%