Gender Pay Gap Reporting

Sepura’s report for 2025 and commitment to closing the gender pay gap.

Sepura continues to take a gender-neutral approach to recruitment and we are committed to addressing the gender imbalance within our industry. We continue to maintain an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, we aim to hire the best person for every role and to pay fair, competitive remuneration.

Operating in the technology sector, and particularly with regards to the niche technologies we work with, the mix of applicants still skews very heavily towards men, reflecting the relative proportions of men and women pursuing careers in hardware and software development. Like many organisations in our industry, the pay quartiles show we are very male-dominated. For there to be a smaller gender pay gap we would have to see the same ratio of men and women in each quartile.

Sepura's reception at its Cambridge office
Female engineer looking at an SCL3 sat with colleagues either side.

We remain committed to closing the gender pay gap and bringing more women into our organisation, and in senior positions, by investing in and maintaining a diverse talent pipeline. We continue to look at ways we can encourage more women to apply for career opportunities with Sepura. We’re committed to early career initiatives and outreach efforts aimed at encouraging and inspiring young people – especially underrepresented women – to explore STEM careers, and this year we are launching a new Apprenticeship scheme.

We work with our local communities and external networks to support those individuals wishing to pursue careers in STEM, including focusing on school pupils and students to encourage them to study STEM subjects which could lead to careers in engineering and technology. We offer volunteering opportunities for all of our employees to act as STEM Ambassadors, and to work with other volunteering bodies.

What is the gender pay gap?

The UK gender pay gap is the difference between the hourly earnings of men and women in the company. This includes base pay; allowances and any bonus or other incentive pay such as sales commission.

The gender bonus gap is the difference in the bonus pay received by men and women. Since April 2017, the UK Government has required all companies with over 250 UK employees to annually publish figures on mean and median UK gender pay gap, mean and median gender bonus gap, the proportion of men and women receiving bonuses and the proportion of men and women in each quartile of the organisation’s pay structure.

UK gender pay gap reporting looks at total earnings by gender, which differs from equal pay for equal work, which is a broader legal requirement.

Mean

The mean is calculated by adding up the total pay of employees and dividing by the number of employees in the list. This calculation is completed separately for men and women. While useful, this true average is easily skewed by a small number of high or low earners.

Median

The median is the number which is in the middle of a ranking of pay from lowest to highest. This is broadly understood to be the best representation of typical pay as extremes of low and high pay do not affect the median.

Sepura's 2025 Figures

At the snapshot date of 5 April 2025, the gender split of Sepura’s UK team was 82% men, 18% women (in April 2024 the split was 81.5% men, 18.5% women).

At the snapshot date, Sepura had 269 UK based employees, of whom 265 were relevant full pay employees for the purposes of Gender Pay Gap reporting.

Our gender pay gaps have decreased slightly since our 2024 report:
• Our mean gender pay gap has decreased by 1.45%
• Our median gender pay gap has decreased by 2.18%
Gender Pay Gap 2025 Gender Pay Gap 2024 Gender Bonus Gap 2025 Gender Bonus Gap 2024
Mean 14.22% 15.67% -17.36% -25.71%
Median 20.59% 22.77% 15.67% 1.9%
What proportion of UK employees received bonus pay?
100% of eligible employees received a bonus. Some employees were not eligible to receive a bonus payment due to not meeting the length of service requirements in the financial year in which the bonus is calculated.
Metric 2025 2024 24-25 Difference
Median Pay Gap 20.59% 22.77% -2.18%
Mean Pay Gap 14.22% 15.67% -1.45%
Median Bonus Gap 15.67% 1.9% 13.77%
Mean Bonus Gap -17.36% -25.7% -8.34%
% Males receiving bonus 89.9% 89.8% 0.1%
% Females receiving a bonus 95.7% 84.7% 11%
Male Lower quartile 72.7% 75.4% -2.7%
Male Lower Middle 75.8% 75.8% -
Male Upper Middle 86.4% 84.8% 1.6%
Male Top Quartile 92.4% 94% -1.6%
Female Lower Quartile 27.3% 24.6% 2.7%
Female Lower Middle 24.2% 24.2% -
Female Upper Middle 13.6% 15.2% -1.6%
Female Upper Quartile 7.6% 6% 1.6%

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