Gender Pay Gap Reporting

From 2017, any organisation that has 250 or more employees must publish and report specific figures about their gender pay gap.

The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of men and women, expressed relative to men’s earnings. For example, ‘men earn 15% more than women per hour’.

Employers must both:

• publish their gender pay gap data and a written statement on their public-facing website
• report their data to government online – using the gender pay gap reporting service.

If your organisation has fewer than 250 employees, it can publish and report voluntarily but is not obliged to do so. For more information on the requirements please click here.

Contractor Umbrella Gender Pay Gap reporting (covering 2023/2024):
Male to Female Ratio: 4.19:1

Female mean hourly income = 5965.30/ 110 = £54.23
Male mean hourly income = 28985.21/ 461 = £62.87
Mean gender pay gap = 13.74%

Female Median hourly income = £48.49
Male Median hourly income = £62.33
Median gender pay gap = 22.20%

Upper quartile £75.24 – £173.31 per hour:
143 workers, 121 males – 85%, 22 females – 15%

Upper middle quartile £60.99 – £74.85 per hour:
142 workers, 129 males – 91%, 13 females – 9%

Lower middle quartile £44.08 – £60.99 per hour:
143 workers, 114 males – 80%, 29 females – 20%

Lower quartile £12.85 – £43.99 per hour:
143 workers, 97 males – 68%, 46 females – 32%

Contractor Umbrella Gender Pay Gap reporting (covering 2022/2023):

Male to Female Ratio: 5.63:1

Mean Female Daily income = 65766.89 / 130 = £505.90

Hourly = 505.90 / 7.5 = 67.45 per hour

Mean Male Daily income = 427098.60 / 732 = £583.46

Hourly = 525.27 / 7.5 = 77.80 per hour

Mean gender pay gap = 13.30%

Female Median £490 per day = £65.33 per hour

Male Median £580 per day = £77.33 per hour

Median gender pay gap = 15.51%

Upper quartile £93.33 – £226.66 per hour:

males – 90%, females – 10%

Upper middle quartile £76 – £93.33 per hour:

males – 89%, females – 11%

Lower middle quartile £60 – £75.55 per hour:

males – 85%, females – 15%

Lower quartile £13.08 – £60 per hour:

males – 76%, females – 24%

Contractor Umbrella Gender Pay Gap reporting (covering 2021/2022):

Male to Female Ratio: 1:4.89 (Female to Male)

Mean Female Daily income = 85730.37 / 184 = £465.93

Hourly = 465.93 / 7.5 = 62.12 per hour

Mean Male Daily income = 472738.69 / 900 = £525.27

Hourly = 525.27 / 7.5 = 70.04 per hour

Mean gender pay gap = 11.3%

Female Median £459 per day = £61.20 per hour

Male Median £525 per day = £70 per hour

Median gender pay gap = 12.6%

Upper quartile £84 – £186.66 per hour:

271 workers, 238 males – 88%, 33 females – 12%

Upper middle quartile £67.37 – £84 per hour:

271 workers, 244 males – 90%, 27 females – 10%

Lower middle quartile £53.33 – £66.66 per hour:

271 workers, 210 males – 77%, 61 females – 23%

Lower quartile £11.56 – £53.33 per hour:

271 workers, 208 males – 77%, 63 females – 23%

 

Contractor Umbrella Gender Pay Gap reporting (results published as at 21st September 2021 covering 2020/2021):

Male to Female Ratio: 1 : 3.86 (Female to Male)

Mean Female Daily income = £408.18

Hourly = 408.18/7.5 = 54.42 hour

Mean Male Daily income = £503.25

Hourly = 503.25/7.5 = 67.10 hour

Mean gender pay gap = 18.90%

Female Median £375 per day = £50 per hour

Male Median £510 per day = £68 per hour

Median gender pay gap = 26.47%

Upper quartile £80 – £226 per hour:

Males – 88%, Females – 12%

Upper middle quartile £67 – £80 per hour:

Males – 87%, Females – 13%

Lower middle quartile £43 – £66 per hour:

Males – 78%, Females – 22%

Lower quartile £11 – £43 per hour:

Males – 64%, 31 Females – 36%

 

Contractor Umbrella Gender Pay Gap reporting (results published as at 6th April 2019 covering 2018/2019):

Male to Female Ratio: 1 : 3.61 (Female to Male)

Mean Female Daily income = £398.37

Mean Male Daily income = £461.50

Mean gender pay gap = 13.68%

Female Median £350 per day = £50 per hour

Male Median £400 per day = £57.14 per hour

Median gender pay gap = 12.5%

Upper quartile £71 – £742 per hour:

Males – 86%, Females – 14%, 97 males to 15 females

Upper middle quartile £53 – £70 per hour:

Males – 81%, Females – 19%, 91 males to 21 females

Lower middle quartile £21 – £52 per hour:

Males – 73%, Females – 27%, 82 males to 30 females

Lower quartile £12 – £20 per hour:

Males – 72%, 31 Females – 28% 80 males to 31 females

 

Contractor Umbrella Gender Pay Gap reporting (results published as at 6th April 2018 covering 2017/2018):

• Male to Female Ratio: 1 : 2.65 (Female to Male)

• Female Mean Monthly Salary: £7,480.09
• Male Mean Monthly Salary: £8,096.40
• The difference in female and male mean monthly salary is £616.21, with the male earning the higher rate.

• Female Median Monthly Salary: £6,541.43
• Male Median Monthly Salary: £7,700.00
• The difference in female and male median monthly salary is £1,158.57, with the male earning the higher rate.

• Female Mean Monthly Bonus: £6,218.43
• Male Mean Monthly Bonus: £6,859.60
• The difference in female and male mean monthly bonus is £641.17, with the male earning the higher rate.

• Female Median Monthly Bonus: £5,037.34
• Male Median Monthly Bonus: £6,545.00
• The difference in female and male median monthly bonus is £1,507.66, with the male earning the higher rate.

 

Quartile (Hourly Rate £)	Female	Male	Ratio (Female:Male)	% Female	% Male
10.00 – 29.29	42	130	1 : 3.1	32%	68%
30.00 – 49.29	42	134	1 : 3.2	31%	69%
50.00 – 64.29	27	145	1 : 5.37	19%	81%
65.00 – 192.86	33	134	1 : 41	25%	75%

 

Contractor Umbrella Gender Pay Gap reporting (results published as at 6th April 2017 covering 2016/2017):

• Male to Female Ratio: 1 : 3.16 (Female to Male)

• Female Mean Monthly Salary: £6,575.74
• Male Mean Monthly Salary: £7,678.49
• The difference in female and male mean monthly salary is £1,102.74, with the male earning the higher rate.

• Female Median Monthly Salary: £6,270.00
• Male Median Monthly Salary: £6,600.00
• The difference in female and male median monthly salary is £330.00, with the male earning the higher rate.

• Female Mean Monthly Bonus: £5,386.40
• Male Mean Monthly Bonus: £6.092.97
• The difference in female and male mean monthly bonus is £706.57, with the male earning the higher rate.

• Female Median Monthly Bonus: £5,051.20
• Male Median Monthly Bonus: £5,491.20
• The difference in female and male median monthly bonus is £440.00, with the male earning the higher rate.

 

Quartile (Hourly Rate £)	Female	Male	Ratio (Female:Male)	% Female	% Male
11.00 – 25.00	30	99	1 : 3	23%	77%
25.71 – 42.86	43	85	1 : 1.9	34%	66%
43.71 – 60.00	25	104	1 : 4.2	19%	81%
60.71 – 171.43	26	102	1 : 3.9	20%	80%

 

Written Statement

Contractor Umbrella is an employer of UK tax-based contractors. As the contractors are legally classified as our employees, we are required include their details within our Gender Pay Gap reporting. All compliant umbrella companies pay a salary consisting of the National Minimum/Living Wage plus a bonus. As such, our figures may distort the projection that the Government Equalities Office were looking to achieve.

As you will see, the contracting market is quite heavily male dominated with men being more than three times as likely to be contracting than females (this has increased from 1 in 2.65 in 2017/18). This may be due to circumstances including women returning to work post-families. We also tend to see that at the higher end of the quartile there are fewer females entering into this profession because of the lack of security with regards to consistent income. Working as a contractor in the UK can mean that there are times in the year where no work is available, or not required, therefore we tend to see higher rates of pay to cover this and the niche skill set available to end clients. This may limit the number of contractors who would feel comfortable to engage in this type of working. Some may also not feel comfortable with the uncertainty of roles available.

As most contractors source their work either on their own or via a recruitment agency, Contractor Umbrella has little involvement in the rates that are agreed prior to commencing their employment with us and as such are reliant on the recruiters understanding current market requirements and the appropriate rates available to contractors.

This statement confirms that the published information is accurate as at the time of publishing and is signed by Simon Dolan, Group Managing Director.

 

March 2017 – Updated in line with Government Equalities Office guidance to amend the quartile figures.

April 2018 – Updated figures for 2017/2018

April 2019 – Updated figures for 2018/2019