Gender and ethnicity staff pay gaps at University of Sheffield revealed

The Sheffield Tab can exclusively reveal the extent of staff gender and ethnicity pay gaps in each University of Sheffield department.

In 2024, the overall university-wide gender pay gap was 13.7 per cent, a 0.2 percent increase on the previous year. The ethnicity pay gap increased 0.9 per cent to 9.9 per cent.

Gender pay gaps show the difference between the average earnings of men and women, while ethnicity pay gaps show the difference between employees of white ethnicity and employees belonging to all other ethnic groups. The higher the percentage, the greater the difference in favour of male and white employees. If a percentage is negative, it represents a difference in favour of employees who are female or of another ethnic group.

The Faculties of Social Sciences (34.2 per cent), Arts and Humanities (28.4 per cent), and Science (27.3 per cent) ranked highest for ethnicity pay gaps in 2024 – according to a Freedom of Information request. Geography was the only department to have no pay gap.

Of professional services teams, Global Engagement ranked fourth overall with 24.4 percent.

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The vice-chancellor’s office is top of the list, with a 38.3 per cent pay gap, up from 19.2 per cent the previous year. This is due to vice-chancellor Professor Koen Lamberts having the largest salary on the university pay roll at £330,000 per annum.

In response to the figures, a spokesperson from the University of Sheffield said: “The University of Sheffield is actively working towards gender and race equality. This includes initiatives such as faculty targets to reduce gender pay gaps, an inclusive recruitment project to increase the diversity of our staff, and targeted actions outlined in our gender and race equality plans.

“Our vision is to create an ambitious, collaborative and inclusive environment where all staff and students can reach their full potential and contribute to our world-shaping research and education.”