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HR ESSENTIALS LIMITED

Company number 04646287 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 2.04% lower than men's (500 to 999 employees).

That puts it in the top quarter for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 76% of the 9,673 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within employment services it is around the middle of the pack of 292 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 121 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 53 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 126 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 251 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 556 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,897 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 836 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 700 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 600 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 582 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 526 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 490 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 391 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 357 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 490 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,673 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

-2500% -2000% -1500% -1000% -500% 0 +500% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: -0.7% 2018/19: -0.7% 2019/20: 0.2% 2020/21: -1.9% 2021/22: 0.6% 2022/23: 0% 2023/24: -1.38% 2024/25: -0.54% 2025/26: 2.04% Median gap 2017/18: -5% 2018/19: -16% 2019/20: -3.8% 2020/21: 3.1% 2021/22: -11.6% 2022/23: -3% 2023/24: -6.3% 2024/25: -2.15% 2025/26: -41.65% Mean gap 2017/18: -41.3% 2018/19: -185.5% 2019/20: -338.1% 2020/21: -409.8% 2021/22: -129.6% 2022/23: -325.8% 2023/24: -106.61% 2024/25: -366.82% 2025/26: -2305.8% Median bonus gap

The gap has widened since the -0.7% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 2.04% -41.65% -2305.8% 30.84% 25.44%
2024/25 -0.54% -2.15% -366.82% 26.73% 31.34%
2023/24 -1.38% -6.3% -106.61% 31.13% 26.76%
2022/23 0% -3% -325.8% 35.6% 27.3%
2021/22 0.6% -11.6% -129.6% 31.6% 33.5%
2020/21 -1.9% 3.1% -409.8% 37.1% 31.6%
2019/20 0.2% -3.8% -338.1% 27.1% 30.1%
2018/19 -0.7% -16% -185.5% 27.6% 25.1%
2017/18 -0.7% -5% -41.3% 0% 21.3%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.