""When I look towards 2026, I find myself caught between cautious optimism and frustration," said Karen Blake, tech inclusion strategist and former co-CEO of the Tech Talent Charter."
""We've reached 441,000 women working as IT specialists, 22% of the profession, up from 19% six years ago when the sector had just 315,000 women," said Blake. "That is progress, hard fought and won. The industry is growing, and we have more women than ever in these roles. But to achieve equal representation, we'd need to add another 530,000 women to the sector. We're talking about more than doubling current numbers.""
Women's share of technology roles increased from 16% in 2015 to 22% in 2025, amounting to 441,000 women working as IT specialists. That figure rose from 315,000 six years earlier. Despite growth, parity would require adding about 530,000 women, more than doubling current numbers. Diversity focus has broadened to include ability, age, gender, sexuality, race, and socioeconomic background. Initiatives such as the Tech Talent Charter pushed organisations to collect workforce demographic data. The UK government convened a Science and Technology Committee to gather evidence on diversity in STEM. Progress is hard-fought, visible, but frustratingly slow relative to effort expended.
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