{"id":16066,"date":"2019-03-08T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=16066"},"modified":"2019-03-12T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T09:06:30","slug":"women-in-technology-double-top-roles-and-out-earn-men-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/women-in-technology-double-top-roles-and-out-earn-men-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in technology double top roles and out-earn men for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Global executive search firm, Odgers Berndtson, has disclosed that average salaries for women leaders in the technology sector have moved ahead of men for the first time.<\/p>\n

The finding was disclosed in a global study of almost 1,000 executive searches for top roles in technology, which the firm has carried out since 2015. During this time both the women\u2019s share of top commercial roles, and their earnings, doubled \u2013 with average salaries for women exceeding those for men for the first time in 2018.<\/p>\n

However, the study also shows that significant challenges remain for women in many areas of technology, notably across specialist roles.<\/p>\n

Mike Drew, head of the global technology practice at Odgers Berndtson, said: \u201cWe are delighted with the progress made over the past five years for women in top commercial roles with global technology companies. We hope this is just the start of far greater diversity, which our mentoring initiative aims to accelerate.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of last year, the Hampton-Alexander Review<\/em>, backed by the government, reported that the number of women on FTSE 100 boards has exceeded 30% for the first time, but in smaller companies and executive roles there is still much to do. Its aim is to achieve a third of women on boards of all FTSE 350 companies by 2020.<\/p>\n

Some industry functions and sectors, however, including technology, face particular challenges. Tech UK, a membership body representing the UK technology sector, has noted that overall only 17% of the those working in technology roles are female.<\/p>\n

At the leadership level, numbers of women are lower still, recently estimated at around 9% globally and 5% in the UK.<\/p>\n

The extent of this challenge, and progress made in the past five years across top roles, is detailed in the Odgers Berndtson<\/a> Women Leaders in Technology Study. <\/em>The firm has analysed almost 1,000 of its own executive searches across both commercial roles in the technology sector and specialist technology roles across all companies since 2015.<\/p>\n

It reveals that:<\/p>\n