Investigating the gender pay gap in Scotland vs UK across five years, focusing on SMEs vs large companies will provide quantitative answers on how well Scottish SMEs are improving access to employment opportunities for women. Comparing SMEs efforts against larger companies, analysis will pinpoint whether further progress is needed by SMEs, larger companies, or both.

SMEs represent a significant proportion of employment for Scottish citizens. It would be pertinent to know the success of closing the gender pay gap amongst Scottish SMEs. This could be used to inform plans for the economy such as through the Fairer Scotland for Women: Gender Pay Gap Action Plan to resolve “issues related to

This project will investigate the gender pay gap in Scotland vs UK over five years, specifically focusing on SMEs compared to large companies. The investigation hopes to analyse whether SMEs have been more successful in closing the gender pay gap compared to large companies, both in Scotland and Scotland compared to the rest of the