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I was training partner in two City firms for a dozen years or so, and applicants were generally 50/50 male/female, with in more recent years more female candidates. The women were generally more impressive candidates, and in more than one year I was heavily encouraged (by female partners) to discriminate in favour of males to stop any one intake from being predominantly female.

While it is generally helpful in the cause of equality to shine a light on the gender differences, it seems that the pay differentials are misleading. Without knowing what each person is doing, and whether everyone else in an equivalent post, irrespective of gender, is on the same pay, the crude division between male and female is pretty meaningless. Good for headlines, but not for clarity.