IT recruiter CWJobs found 55% of IT professionals feel there is currently a fair representation of women in the industry, and 64% feel a better gender balance would be beneficial to the sector.
Highlighting a disparity in salary perception between the sexes, 63% of females think they earn less than men, while just 28% of men believe this is the case. Reflecting the Equality and Human Rights Commission report finding that the gender pay gap is lowest for the under-30s, CWJobs data shows that just 25% of 20-29 year-olds think women earn less than men, while 33% of 30-39 year-olds believe this is the case.
More than three quarters (76%) of the 5,556 IT professionals surveyed think younger IT specialists are not as valuable to the industry as those with experience of 10 years or more. However, 62% do feel there is a fair representation of people of different ages in IT.
Richard Nott, website director at CWJobs, said: "There is evidently still work to be done on tackling inequality in the industry. At CWJobs we have a strong pool of female IT jobseekers and we believe we have the most diverse selection of candidates in the market. Although progress is being made, the industry as a whole must take steps to ensure equality is nurtured and continues to grow."
IT professionals feel women are not fairly represented in the industry
As the Equality Act comes into force this month, almost half of IT professionals do not think there is a fair representation of women in the industry.
