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Gender pay gaps are measured against jobs of similar importance/difficulty and not across a corporate structure.
The gender pay gap is defined as the difference in median pay between men and women. The Office for National Statistics headline measure for the gender pay gap is calculated as the difference between median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) as a proportion of median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) for men. But crucially this measure does not take into account equal pay for equal work.
No mention of “jobs of similar importance”. Nor is there on gov.uk.