Many women leaving UK IT jobs – report

Many women professionals are leaving the IT industry because of the long hours culture and the male-dominated nature of the sector, according to a report from Intellect, a trade association for the UK hi-tech industry, and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

Official Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures show that there has been a decline in the number of women employed in the IT industry from 27 per cent in 1997 to 21 per cent in 2005. The women participating in the ‘Women in IT Industry’ report considered work-life balance, the male-dominated environment that prevails in the sector, the industry culture and company values and practices to be the core reasons why the sector is unattractive to women.

Link to report