Gender Pay Gap

Wiltshire Police has recorded a 46% increase in the number of female police officers since 2019, according to its latest Gender Pay Gap Report 2023, published on 27 March 2024.

Since 2017, any public sector organisation with more than 250 employees must report, and publish, its figures about its gender pay gap annually. 

This is the seventh Wiltshire Police Gender Pay Gap Report since public sector reporting was made mandatory in 2017.

The report is a snapshot of Wiltshire Police on 31 March 2023. For the third year the Force continues to employ more female police officers and police staff combined than their male counterparts - 1,245 women and 1,145 men – totalling 2,390 employees overall. 

Median Gender Pay Gap for 2023

The report shows the percentage difference between the mean (average) and median (mid-point) hourly earnings of men and women in the workplace.  Men and women are paid equally at every grade in Wiltshire Police. However, if one gender dominates higher pay graded roles, this results in a gender pay gap. 

The median gender pay gap was 7.60% on 31 March 2023, a decrease from 9.02% in 2022.

2023 Report highlights

• A 34% increase in female police officers since the start of the Government’s Uplift recruitment programme in 2019, from 424 that year to 460 in March 2023.
• The Force continue to employ more women than men in officer and staff roles combined, with a ratio of 52:48 in favour of females.
• Wiltshire Police continued to be ranked the 22^nd most inclusive employer in the Inclusive companies Index. Becoming the highest positioned Police Force of those applying. The Inclusive Companies Index is a list of UK based organisations which promote inclusion across all protected characteristics.

Read our Gender Pay gap report 2023 here

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