Bosses of among the UK's greatest corporations had their pay elevated to 118 instances the median wage of a full time UK employee, up from 108 instances the common price a yr earlier.

Median pay for chief executives of FTSE 100 share index corporations grew to £3.91m in 2022, the best stage since 2007.

The median pay - the mid level between the bottom and highest pay - elevated from £3.38m in 2021.

Pay grew 16% from 2021 ranges to 2022, the newest time interval with full info out there, for chief executives of the Financial Times Stock Exchange index of the 100 Most worthy corporations.

For comparability, official figures confirmed the common employee's pay, together with bonuses, rose 5.7% within the ultimate three months of 2022 from a yr earlier.

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Data from FTSE 350 corporations confirmed £1.33bn was spent on the pay of 570 executives.

The figures had been collated by the High Pay Centre suppose tank. Information was taken from disclosures of chief executives' complete pay, listed in corporations' 2022 annual experiences. For corporations who don't report in sterling, the quantity was transformed into kilos utilizing the alternate price cited by HMRC near the corporate's yr finish.

The suppose tank analysis additionally confirmed there have been eight feminine FTSE 100 chief govt in 2022, down one from 9 in 2021.

According to the evaluation, the best paid chief govt was Pascal Soriot, on the helm of AstraZeneca who acquired £15.32m in 2022.

He was adopted by:• Charles Woodburn of weapons maker BAE Systems on £10.69m.• Albert Manifold of constructing supplies agency CRH £10.38m.• Bernard Looney of oil and gasoline producer BP on £10.03m.• Brian Cassin of shopper credit score reporting and analytics agency Experian on £9.94m.

The High Pay Centre known as for reforms to company pay setting guidelines.

Companies needs to be required to have a minimum of two elected workforce representatives on the remuneration committees that set pay and will give extra element on pay for high earners past the executives, the suppose tank stated.

Detail on low earners together with not directly employed staff, must also be given, enabling extra knowledgeable pay negotiations and a clearer debate about pay inequality, the group added.

"How major employers distribute the wealth that their workforce creates has a big impact on people's living standards," stated the High Pay Centre director, Luke Hildyard.

"We need to give workers more voice on company boards, strengthen trade union rights and enable low- and middle- income earners to get a fairer share in relation to those at the top."