Gender pay gap
Report your gender pay gap information.
The pay gap is a measure of the difference in the average pay between men and women.
We publish gender pay gap figures for people working for Southwark council.
Businesses with 250 or more employees must report their gender pay gap.
Reporting your gender pay gap
Gender pay gap calculations are based on employer payroll data drawn from a specific date each year. This specific date is called the ‘snapshot date’.
Businesses with 250 or more employees on the ‘snapshot date’ must report their gender pay gap information.
Smaller businesses can report their gender pay gap voluntarily.
The snapshot date each year is:
- 31 March for most public authority employers
- 5 April for private, voluntary and all other public authority employers
Use this step-by-step guide on how to calculate and report your gender pay gap.
Southwark council pay gap figures
We are committed to sharing our pay gap data and how we will address pay gaps.
Main gender gap findings:
- we have a mean gender pay gap of -5.99%, a slight decrease from -6.62% the previous year. On average male employees are paid lower than female employees by approximately 5.99%
- for every £10 a male employee is paid, females are paid £10.59. This is mainly due to the large numbers of male workers in lower-paid roles within the waste and cleaning services. The narrowing gap is a positive trend towards parity
- we have achieved greater representation (over 50% of employees) from black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities in our housing and modernisation and children’s and adults’ departments. We have lower representation in the chief executive’s and environment and leisure departments
- concerns have been raised over the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic employees at grades 14 and above (£50,000+ per year). On 31 July 2021 only 26% of colleagues from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities were on or above grade 14
We are taking positive action to address under-representation at the senior management level. Find out more about our commitment to tackling racism and discrimination through our Southwark Stands Together programme.
