The full run-down of the UK's marketing and media gender pay gap

"Agencies Among UK agencies, the companies with the biggest mean gender pay gaps were WPP's holding company, WPP 2005 Ltd (42.2%) , WPP-owned agency J Walter Thompson (38.8%), DDB (38.1%), OMD EMEA (35%) and Kantar UK (33.3%). J Walter Thompson London chief executive James Whitehead said that the figures from his agency were "obviously disappointing". In contrast, agencies such as Creative Lynx and OMD Group reported figures below the UK median, at 12% and 5.7% respectively, while Golin was the only agency included in the data to report a gender pay gap in favour of women, with female staff paid on average 3.8% more then male employees."

"Media Among media companies, the firms with the largest mean gender pay gaps were trade publisher Wilmington (49.6%), Conde Nast (36.9%), Telegraph Media Group (35%), LBC and Capital broadcaster Global Radio Services (34.5%) and magazine publisher Economist Newspaper Ltd (32.5%). Those figures stood in stark contrast to reported numbers at consumer magazine publisher Future, national broadcaster Channel 5 and Clear Channel UK, which all had gender pay gaps in favour of their female staff. Of the 'new media' companies to have reported figures, Oath's mean gender pay gap stood at 23.5%, Google's 17% and Facebook's a considerably lower 0.8%."

A government deadline required companies with over 250 employees to publish gender pay data. The published data covers more than 10,000 UK employers. UK marketing businesses have a median hourly pay gap of 16.2%, slightly lower than the UK-wide median of 18.4%. Media companies report an average median pay gap of 13.5%. Several large agencies including WPP 2005 Ltd, J Walter Thompson, DDB, OMD EMEA and Kantar show the largest mean gaps. Some agencies and media firms report gaps below the median or pay women more, while new media firms range from 0.8% to 23.5%.

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