INTRODUCTION All UK companies with 250 or more REPORTING REQUIREMENTS MEDIAN AND MEAN employees are required to publish gender pay gap information. A gender Companies are required to report the following gender pay gap The legislation requires average pay to be calculated in two pay gap isn’t the di昀昀erence in pay information: different ways, using the median and also the mean: • Gender pay gap • Median between men and women doing the the difference between the median, and also the mean, if all women were lined up in order of their pay, and so were all hourly rate of pay for men and for women, based on the men, the median pay for men and the median pay for women same or similar work – that’s ‘equal pay’ April pay period. would be the pay of the individual in the middle of each line. and UK law prohibits less favourable • Gender bonus gap The median gender pay gap compares these two values. the difference between the median, and also the mean, The median indicates the typical situation in the middle and treatment due to gender. At ITV, we’re value of bonus pay for men and for women over the 12 months is less affected by any outliers at the top or bottom. commi琀琀ed to equal pay for equal work to April. • Mean • Bonus proportions to calculate the mean level of pay for women and for men, for our employees, as set out in the the proportions of men and women who received bonus pay the pay of all women is added together and then divided by during the 12 months to April. the number of women, and the pay of all men is added Equality Act 2010. together and then divided by the number of men. The mean • Quartile pay bands gender pay gap compares these two values. The mean is more if the total workforce was put in order of hourly rate of pay and affected by any particularly high or low values within a group. Instead, a gender pay gap shows the difference between the average then split into four groups of equal size, or quartiles, this is the pay of all women and the average pay of all men, irrespective of any proportions of men and women in each of the four groups. differences in the work they do. As a result, it’s affected by how the workforce is made up, including the numbers of men and women in different types of jobs and at different levels of seniority. GENDER PAY GAP EXAMPLE This report contains ITV’s 2023 gender pay gap information, as required under The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) A workforce is made up of: Everyone who does the same job is paid equally, but: Regulations 2017. We’ve been publishing our ethnicity pay gap data on a voluntary basis since 2018, and last year we published our disability • Ten analysts (seven women and three men), who are all paid • If you add together the pay for all nine women and divide by and LGBTQ+ pay gap information for the first time. £30,000 a year. the number of women, the mean pay for all women is £40,000. If you add together the pay for all seven men and divide by the During 2023, the Government published voluntary guidance for number of men, the mean pay for all men is £55,714. employers on ethnicity pay reporting. We’ve updated our 2023 report Comparing these two values results in a mean gender pay gap to reflect this guidance, which includes publishing separate pay gap • Six senior managers (two women and four men), who are all of 28.2%, which means the mean pay for women is 28.2% less information for different ethnic groups. Tracking and aiming to reduce paid £75,000 a year. than for men. our pay gaps are an important part of our broader diversity, equity and • If you were to line up all nine women in order of pay, the woman inclusion work at ITV. in the middle of the line would be paid £30,000. If you were to Further information on the commitments ITV has made to increase do the same for all seven men, the man in the middle of the line diversity both on and off-screen, and the actions that have been would be paid £75,000. Comparing these two values results in taken to improve representation, can be found in our a median gender pay gap of 60%, which means the median pay Diversity Acceleration Plan Report. for women is 60% less than for men. Women The gender pay gap in this example is due to the different Men numbers of men and women doing each type of job. ITV plc Pay Gap Report 2023 1