Tech women close wage gap

18:03 30th July 2009

Women in IT careers are faring better than their contemporaries in other industries, research suggests.

According to the government's Women at Work Commission attempts to close the gender gap in the UK have faltered, although separate research published by executive jobs site Experteer, shows women working in computing are best off.

Baroness Prosser of Battersea led the commission's study and declared more needed to be done to "kick start the slow movement of the gender gap" and ensure the recessions does not "reverse the positive progress that has been made".

Despite the majority of executives being male, the industry was most aligned between the sexes.

Worst in terms of pay inequality for top employees was the medical sector, followed by the transport and tourism industry and finance with gaps of 27 per cent, 17 per cent and 13 per cent less, respectively.

According to the study, women execs at the top of their IT careers are paid two per cent more than male counterparts.

"Our research does suggest a brighter future, as today's female executives become tomorrow's managers there is hope that the situation will improve," commented Experteer's managing director Torsten Muth.

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