Resignations rise among female IT workers

05/09/2007 by swordfish.

The number of women resigning from IT jobs has risen over the last year and the pay gap between the sexes widened for the first time in 11 years.

Research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and pay researcher Remuneration Economics shows 5.7 percent of women working in IT resigned from their roles in 2006, a rise of 2.1 percent on the previous year.

In terms of pay, women saw an average pay rise of 2.9 percent compared to a 3.1 percent increase for men, the first time in 11 years that men’s earnings have risen more than women’s.

But the research found female managers enjoy faster promotion than men, with a 37-year-old woman working as a team leader typically five years younger than her male counterpart.

Source: ZDNET

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