The gender pay gap at AHMM, Zaha Hadid and Hawkins Brown has widened in the year since firms were first required to publish their data.

AHMM’s median pay gap – the difference between the average hourly rate for female employees and their male counterparts – now stands at 16.7%, up from 12.3% last year.

In a statement from its co-founder Peter Morris, AHMM notes that while it recognises “the need to invest in diverse talent across all areas of the practice”, there are still significantly more men in higher-paid roles – the proportion of women in the upper two pay quartiles has decreased since last year.

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