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Sector benchmark · 2025–26
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.
This sector includes software, telecommunications, publishing, broadcasting, data and other information-service employers.
Representation across technical, creative, commercial, support and senior roles can explain substantial differences between employer-level gaps. A pay gap describes the whole workforce and does not show whether people receive equal pay for equal work.
Across 909 classified employers, the sector median was 14.0% in 2025–26, 4.0 percentage points narrower compared with 2017.
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.
2025–26 · first 40 of 626 usable filings in this sector
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.