According to a new study by BCS, the chartered institute for IT, and E-skills UK, the UK faces a worsening gender gap in its flourishing IT industry. It indicates women account for just 16% of the UK IT workforce.
And the problem starts early – despite consistently out-performing boys in computing A-level results, girls account for just 6.5% of those taking the exam.
Other highlights from the report include:
– Girls account for just 13% of entries for computer science GCSEs
– The proportion of women working as self-employed IT specialists has doubled over the past decade
– Women IT specialists earn 16% less on average than their male counterparts
– IT gender imbalance is a problem across the whole of Europe, but female representation is lower in the UK
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