$Women working in technology in Jersey are paid "fractionally more" but represent only 21% of the sector's workforce, a report has found$

Women in tech paid 'fractionally more' - report

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2025-01-03 13:00:10

Women working in technology in Jersey are paid "fractionally more" but represent only 21% of the sector's workforce, a report has found.

Prosperity 24/7, a Jersey technology and business consulting practice, released its first gender pay gap report for the technology sector.

Pay gap reporting is not a legal requirement in Jersey and in the UK it only applies to organisations with more than 250 employees.

The highest paid employees within the technology sector were men by 80% compared to 20% being women, and the lowest paid were men by 93% and 7% female employees.

Geraldine Evans, Prosperity 24/7's chief operating officer, said it wanted to create a "transparent and inclusive culture" for all.

She said: "We believe that reporting on the gender pay gap is an essential tool to ensure transparency and drive progress.

"The experimental earnings and gender pay gap report produced by Statistics Jersey in June 2023 highlighted that the gender pay gap was highest in the information and communications sector at 28% and we wanted to see how we compare."