Employers

Water and waste: UK employers

84 employers. Sector median gap 5.5%; all employers 8.0%.

EmployerSizeMedian hourly pay gapWomen in the top pay quartile
Affinity Water Limited1000 to 4999 staff24.8%28.0%
Amentum (UK) LTD.250 to 499 staff42.7%14.9%
Anglian Water Business (National) Limited250 to 499 staff15.3%49.4%
Anglian Water Services Limited5000 to 19,999 staff12.3%33.2%
Ao Recycling LimitedLess than 250 staff-2.0%5.0%
Associated Waste Management Limited250 to 499 staff7.5%11.0%
Avh Parks Limited250 to 499 staff6.4%40.5%
Bagnall & Morris (Waste Services) Ltd500 to 999 staff22.0%12.0%
Biffa Municipal Limited1000 to 4999 staff1.7%5.6%
Biffa Treatment Services Limited500 to 999 staff2.4%17.6%
Biffa Waste Services Limited5000 to 19,999 staff-1.2%29.0%
Bristol Waste Company Limited500 to 999 staff17.2%46.0%
Bywaters (Leyton) LimitedLess than 250 staff-11.2%41.4%
Canal & River Trust1000 to 4999 staff-9.8%33.1%
Castle Water Limited250 to 499 staff5.7%31.0%
Cheshire West Recycling Limited250 to 499 staff-36.3%16.0%
Clearabee Limited250 to 499 staff-18.5%4.0%
Commercial Services Kent Limited500 to 999 staff1.2%60.3%
Countrystyle Recycling Limited500 to 999 staff15.7%17.2%
Donald Ward Limited250 to 499 staff10.5%20.2%
Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig1000 to 4999 staff5.6%27.0%
Emr Group Limited1000 to 4999 staff8.3%15.9%
Enva England Limited250 to 499 staff12.4%8.5%
Enva Scotland Limited250 to 499 staff-20.4%31.3%
Enviroclean (Scotland) Limited250 to 499 staff5.0%10.8%
Erith Contractors Limited250 to 499 staff30.0%2.1%
Fcc Waste Management Limited1000 to 4999 staff-1.2%9.8%
First Mile Limited250 to 499 staff15.2%15.9%
Future Industrial Services Limited250 to 499 staff0.3%24.6%
Grundon Waste Management Limited500 to 999 staff8.2%10.8%
H W Martin Waste Limited500 to 999 staff4.0%9.3%
Hills Municipal Collections Limited250 to 499 staff0.4%11.4%
Hsl Compliance Ltd250 to 499 staff23.7%6.3%
Integrated Water Services Limited250 to 499 staff3.9%18.6%
Lanes Group Limited1000 to 4999 staff9.9%12.3%
M J Church (Plant) Limited250 to 499 staff-1.0%20.7%
Marlowe Environmental Services Limited500 to 999 staff40.8%27.0%
Mulholland Contracts Limited250 to 499 staff79.9%0.0%
Nathans Waste Savers Limited250 to 499 staff0.0%41.0%
North Somerset Environment Company Limited250 to 499 staff7.0%18.0%
Northumbrian Water Limited1000 to 4999 staff9.9%31.0%
Nuvia Limited500 to 999 staff22.2%11.2%
Nwh Group Limited250 to 499 staff1.6%19.8%
Personnel Hygiene Services Limited1000 to 4999 staff-1.7%33.5%
Peterborough Limited250 to 499 staff2.0%34.4%
Portsmouth Water Limited250 to 499 staff5.0%26.0%
Powerday PLC250 to 499 staff8.9%10.7%
R. Collard Limited250 to 499 staff16.7%8.3%
Reconomy (UK) Limited500 to 999 staff11.4%40.0%
Recorra Ltd250 to 499 staff5.0%30.0%
Restore Technology Limited250 to 499 staff-14.0%24.0%
Rhodar Industrial Services Limited250 to 499 staff22.9%3.8%
Rsk Environment Limited500 to 999 staff12.2%28.4%
S. Norton & Co Limited250 to 499 staff-1.0%10.6%
Sapphire Utility Solutions Limited1000 to 4999 staff8.2%12.5%
Scottish Water Business Stream Limited250 to 499 staff2.6%49.0%
Severn Trent Services Operations UK Limited250 to 499 staff3.5%16.0%
Severn Trent Water Limited5000 to 19,999 staff5.4%31.0%
Sewells Reservoir Construction Limited250 to 499 staff-5.0%15.0%
Sharpsmart Limited250 to 499 staff2.3%23.3%
Smith's (Gloucester) Limited250 to 499 staff6.8%10.0%
South East Water Limited1000 to 4999 staff20.0%22.7%
South Staffordshire Water PLC250 to 499 staff19.5%19.2%
South West Water Limited1000 to 4999 staff4.9%26.0%
Southern Water Services Limited1000 to 4999 staff-6.8%29.8%
Suez Recycling And Recovery UK Ltd5000 to 19,999 staff-0.9%20.4%
Sutton And East Surrey Water PLC250 to 499 staff10.0%24.8%
Swisco Limited250 to 499 staff-6.6%17.9%
Thames Water Utilities Limited5000 to 19,999 staff8.8%28.0%
Totally Local Company Limited500 to 999 staff7.7%40.0%
Tradebe Management Limited500 to 999 staff1.6%17.9%
Ubico Limited500 to 999 staff3.4%13.4%
United Utilities Water Limited5000 to 19,999 staff13.3%33.8%
Veolia Es Hampshire Ltd250 to 499 staff13.2%8.9%
Veolia Es Merseyside & Halton Limited250 to 499 staff20.4%4.3%
Veolia Es Sheffield Limited250 to 499 staff3.0%13.6%
Veolia Es Shropshire Limited250 to 499 staff-1.9%8.7%
Veolia Es Southwark Limited250 to 499 staff20.4%7.1%
Veolia Water Outsourcing Limited250 to 499 staff17.5%8.8%
Vws (UK) Ltd250 to 499 staff5.0%19.0%
Water Plus Limited250 to 499 staff23.9%43.0%
Wessex Water Services Limited1000 to 4999 staff2.0%26.3%
Yorkshire Water Services Limited5000 to 19,999 staff3.3%26.0%
Yorwaste Limited250 to 499 staff4.6%25.4%

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.