Employers

Electricity and gas: UK employers

70 employers. Sector median gap 12.9%; all employers 8.0%.

EmployerSizeMedian hourly pay gapWomen in the top pay quartile
British Gas Trading Limited5000 to 19,999 staff5.2%36.7%
Bwsc Generation Services Northern Ireland LtdLess than 250 staff20.3%0.0%
Bwsc Generation Services UK Ltd250 to 499 staff22.3%3.7%
Cadent Gas Limited5000 to 19,999 staff17.0%20.3%
Centrica PLC1000 to 4999 staff18.6%33.5%
Clarke Energy Limited250 to 499 staff18.2%15.6%
Corona Energy Retail 1 Limited250 to 499 staff6.5%38.1%
Daikin Airconditioning UK Limited250 to 499 staff26.0%19.2%
Drax Energy Solutions Limited250 to 499 staff25.0%32.0%
Drax Power Limited1000 to 4999 staff14.9%26.7%
E.on UK Limited5000 to 19,999 staff24.1%36.8%
Edf Energy Customers Limited500 to 999 staff27.3%8.8%
Edf Energy Limited5000 to 19,999 staff27.5%28.2%
Edf Energy Nuclear Generation Limited5000 to 19,999 staff9.3%13.9%
Edf Energy Renewables Limited500 to 999 staff1.5%36.9%
Electricity North West Limited1000 to 4999 staff10.2%16.0%
Engie UK LimitedLess than 250 staff26.3%23.9%
Equans Fm Limited500 to 999 staff34.1%14.8%
First Hydro CompanyLess than 250 staff30.1%4.8%
Good Energy Limited250 to 499 staff20.3%40.0%
Lightsource Development Services Limited250 to 499 staff5.5%44.0%
Londonenergy Ltd250 to 499 staff0.0%15.2%
Love Business Group Limited250 to 499 staff0.0%43.7%
National Gas Transmission PLC1000 to 4999 staff0.1%25.5%
National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) PLC1000 to 4999 staff7.8%18.8%
National Grid Electricity Distribution (South Wales) PLC1000 to 4999 staff10.1%8.1%
National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) PLC1000 to 4999 staff9.4%11.5%
National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) PLC1000 to 4999 staff3.6%11.9%
National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC1000 to 4999 staff4.6%24.1%
Northern Powergrid (Northeast) PLC1000 to 4999 staff29.9%13.0%
Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) PLC1000 to 4999 staff13.2%11.0%
Octopus Energy Limited1000 to 4999 staff1.3%48.4%
Orsted Power (UK) Limited1000 to 4999 staff-7.4%24.4%
Px Limited500 to 999 staff23.6%12.6%
Rwe Generation UK PLC500 to 999 staff9.2%15.7%
Scotland Gas Networks PLCLess than 250 staff12.9%8.0%
Scottish And Southern Energy Power Distribution Limited250 to 499 staff16.4%0.0%
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution PLC1000 to 4999 staff4.0%17.3%
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission PLC1000 to 4999 staff13.4%22.5%
Scottishpower Energy Retail Limited500 to 999 staff12.9%37.0%
Scottishpower Renewables (UK) Limited500 to 999 staff10.3%26.0%
Sefe Energy LimitedLess than 250 staff13.5%35.0%
Sefe Marketing & Trading Limited250 to 499 staff24.0%15.2%
Severn Waste Services Limited250 to 499 staff5.9%8.8%
Smartestenergy Limited500 to 999 staff25.6%29.0%
So Energy Trading Limited250 to 499 staff10.0%29.4%
Southern Electric Power Distribution PLC1000 to 4999 staff4.7%19.1%
Southern Gas Networks PLC250 to 499 staff7.9%6.0%
Sp Distribution PLC500 to 999 staff7.2%14.0%
Sp Manweb PLC500 to 999 staff11.5%10.0%
Sp Transmission PLC500 to 999 staff10.7%14.0%
Sse Airtricity Energy Supply (Ni) Limited250 to 499 staff-4.2%40.5%
Sse Energy Supply Limited1000 to 4999 staff18.2%32.6%
Sse Renewables Services (UK) Limited1000 to 4999 staff10.7%18.2%
Sse Thermal Energy Operations Limited250 to 499 staff27.7%18.8%
Sse Utility Solutions Limited250 to 499 staff20.8%17.0%
Storengy UK LimitedLess than 250 staff15.2%0.0%
The Freedom Group Of Companies LTD.500 to 999 staff28.9%9.8%
Totalenergies Gas & Power Limited500 to 999 staff12.0%21.1%
UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited5000 to 19,999 staff14.7%13.5%
Uniper UK Limited500 to 999 staff9.9%15.5%
United Infrastructure Power T&d Limited250 to 499 staff42.2%3.0%
Utilita Energy Limited500 to 999 staff3.6%36.0%
Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd250 to 499 staff10.0%30.7%
Veolia Energy & Utility Services UK Limited250 to 499 staff34.4%8.8%
Vital Energi Utilities Limited500 to 999 staff38.2%7.8%
Vpi Holding Limited250 to 499 staff15.8%5.3%
Wales & West Utilities Limited1000 to 4999 staff6.0%15.0%
Western Biomass Operating Company LimitedLess than 250 staff27.3%0.0%
Yü Energy Retail Limited250 to 499 staff-22.9%22.2%

Source: UK Gender Pay Gap Service, 2025-26 reports (open data, Open Government Licence v3.0). Every employer with 250 or more staff reports its gender pay gap each year. Compiled by The Hardest Market.