Gender and ethnicity pay gap
Southwark council pay gap figures
Southwark Council is committed to openly sharing our pay gap data and the actions we will take to address areas of disparity as part of our responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010, and the public sector equality duty.
Key findings from the 2020/21 workforce report
- Southwark council has a mean gender pay gap of minus 5.99%, a slight decrease from minus 6.62% the previous year. This indicates that on average Southwark male employees are paid lower than Southwark female employees by approximately 5.99%
- For every £10 a male employee is paid, females are paid £10.59. This is predominately 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.
- Southwark council has 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 lack of visibility of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic employees at grades 14 and above (£50,000+ per annum).
- As of 31 July 2021 only 26% of colleagues from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities were on or above grade 14.
- We are seeking to address this disparity by 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.
Read Southwark Council’s full annual workforce report is 2020/21.
Contact point
Please contact the Southwark Council business desk for further questions.
Page last updated: 20 November 2023
