WISE tracks progress towards our goal of a critical mass of women working in the UK STEM workforce (30%) through the Labour Force Survey which gives a gender breakdown for different occupations. The latest figures, (August 2015), show that women make up 14.4% of all people working in STEM occupations.
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There are big differences in the percentage of women in occupations within STEM, as shown in the chart below.
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We are making progress
Compared to 2014:
- 104,000 more women working in STEM
- 47,000 more women working as ICT professionals
- 12,000 more women working as professional engineers
- 6,000 more women working as science and engineering technicians
- 15,000 more women working as STEM Managers
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The Ten Steps programme WISE put together in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering is a solution to improve retention and progression of women in STEM.
The following chart shows trends since 2012.
Source: Labour Force Survey April-June 2015, published by Office for National Statistics, August 2015