The UK’s gender pay gap for workers declined further over the past year, according to official figures.

Data also showed the proportion of UK workers in low-paid jobs swung higher compared with a year ago.

The Office for National Statistics found the gender pay gap – the amount average female workers received less than the average male worker – for full-time employees was 6.8% in April 2026.

This represents another decline in the gap, dipping from 7.2% a year earlier and from 9.4% a decade earlier.

Median hourly earnings for full-time employees was £21.51 for men and £20.05 for women.

The median earnings for all workers, including part-time workers, was £20.17 for men and £17.69 for women, driven by the larger proportion of women in part-time employment.

The gender pay gap measures differences in pay for men and women in employment across the UK.…