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A pay gap is not the same as unequal pay. It compares the midpoint of what men and women are paid across a whole workforce, so it mostly reflects which jobs each group holds. Paying people differently for the same work has been unlawful since 1970. Figures are employers’ own submissions to the Gender pay gap service, Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

UK pay gap explorer/Sectors/Professional & Technical

Sector benchmark · 2025–26

Gender pay gap in Professional & Technical

Name: UK Professional & Technical gender pay gap data
Creator: Remunify
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The median reported hourly pay gap across employers classified in this sector. Sector figures give context; they do not establish which employers perform well or badly.

About this sector’s data

This sector includes legal, accounting, consulting, architectural, engineering, scientific, advertising and other specialist professional services.

Career level, professional specialism and representation in senior or partnership roles can all influence the gap reported by an individual firm. A pay gap describes the whole workforce and does not show whether people receive equal pay for equal work.

Across 1,416 classified employers, the sector median was 13.4% in 2025–26, 2.7 percentage points narrower compared with 2017.

Sector median gap: 13.4%
Change since 2017: −2.7 pts
Employers classified: 1,416

Nine years of sector filings

Median of employer-level median hourly gaps · not weighted by workforce size

Above zero, men earn more at the midpoint. Hover or focus each point for the exact figure. The incomplete 2026 reporting year is omitted.

Employers with the widest reported gaps

2025–26 · first 40 of 970 usable filings in this sector

SWIFT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED1000 to 499970.2%Kirkland & Ellis International LLP500 to 99962.3%Sidley Austin LLP250 to 49959.3%GOODWIN PROCTER (UK) LLP250 to 49958.3%WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES (LONDON) LLP250 to 49955.3%PENDRAGON MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED500 to 99954.9%CONNELLS SURVEY & VALUATION LIMITED500 to 99954.0%DNA VETCARE LTD250 to 49951.9%MURGITROYD & COMPANY LIMITED250 to 49951.8%INSPIRING VET CARE LIMITED5000 to 19,99951.7%PEEL HUNT LLP250 to 49951.7%CERTSURE LLP250 to 49951.4%HGF BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED250 to 49951.2%PAUL HASTINGS (EUROPE) LLP250 to 49950.3%HGCAPITAL LLP250 to 49950.2%ROCHVILLES & CO. ACCOUNTANTS LTDLess than 25050.0%TCLARKE SERVICES LIMITED500 to 99950.0%VETPARTNERS PRACTICES II LIMITED500 to 99949.7%AMWINS GLOBAL RISKS GROUP LIMITED500 to 99949.0%APOLLO MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL LLP250 to 49949.0%RYAN SPECIALTY CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED250 to 49948.7%Latham & Watkins (London) LLP500 to 99948.6%SDL SURVEYING LIMITED250 to 49947.0%GODDARD VETERINARY GROUP LIMITED500 to 99946.7%VETPARTNERS PRACTICES LIMITED1000 to 499945.6%LINNAEUS GROUP LIMITED5000 to 19,99945.5%RUSSELL REYNOLDS ASSOCIATES LIMITED250 to 49944.0%IFC CERTIFICATION LIMITEDLess than 25044.0%ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED1000 to 499943.3%MICHELMORES LLP250 to 49943.0%CHARLES TAYLOR LIMITED250 to 49942.5%ARRIVA RAIL LONDON LIMITED1000 to 499942.3%MEDIVET GROUP LIMITED1000 to 499942.2%MAYER BROWN INTERNATIONAL LLP250 to 49941.8%TUV RHEINLAND SOLUTIONS LIMITED250 to 49941.4%THOMAS MILLER & CO. LIMITED500 to 99941.3%HDR CONSULTING LIMITED250 to 49941.1%ANIMAL TRUST VETS C.I.C.250 to 49941.0%CIRCLE CLINICAL SERVICES LIMITED250 to 49940.0%THOMSON SNELL & PASSMORE LLP250 to 49939.9%

These are the widest gaps in the filed data, not a ranking of the “worst” employers. Workforce structure, occupations and the legal entity covered all affect the result.