Peterborough City Council gender pay gap is narrowing
Council’s gender pay gap stands at £1.31 per hour
Men continue to get paid more than women at Peterborough City Council - but the gap is narrowing.
A report that is going before the authority’s Employment Committee shows that the mean gap reduced from 6.7% per cent to 5.8 per cent, equivalent to £1.31 per hour. The median remained at 7.1 per cent, equivalent to £1.44 per hour.
The Council’s mean and median gaps remain substantially below the latest available 2025 public-sector benchmarks of 12.3% and 13.5% respectively .
The report also states that women formed the majority in every pay quartile at the council, including 344 of the 499 employees in the highest-paid quartile. The Council does not operate a bonus scheme and therefore has no bonus pay gap.
In Peterborough, the mean average hourly rate for a male employee at the council is £22.53, compared to £21.22 for women.
The report also shows the ethnicity pay gap reduced from 8.4% to 4.8%, continuing a second consecutive year of improvement. The median gap improved for a third consecutive year and closed to 0.0%.
However, the report adds: “ Ethnicity findings should be viewed with appropriate caution because 714 employees (36%) had no ethnicity recorded and 76 selected “prefer not to disclose.””
In summary, the report concludes: “The 2025/26 results show encouraging progress. The mean gender pay gap has reduced, the mean ethnicity pay gap has narrowed for a second consecutive year and the median ethnicity pay gap has closed to 0.0%.
“Women continue to be represented across all pay quartiles, and the Council’s early-careers and recruitment activity is reaching a wider range of prospective applicants.
“These results sit alongside sustained work across the Council, including inclusive recruitment, early-careers pathways, community engagement, leadership development, employee networks, flexible working, workforce analysis and transparent pay and grading.”
The Employment Committee meets at 5pm on Thursday, November 12 at the council’s offices at Sand Martin House. You can read the full agenda at https://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=141&MId=5419