Tech Workforce 2020

According to the survey of more than 3,500 IT governance, risk, assurance and security professionals:

• Over half of female respondents (56%) believe the lack of female role models in the sector is the primary reason for underrepresentation of women
• Respondents over the age of 50, including men and women, believe the primary reason for underrepresentation is due to educational institutions needing to do more to encourage women to enter the field
• In matters of pay disparity, female respondents from the tech workforce are twice as likely as their male counterparts (44% vs. 20%) to believe that pay inequity exists between men and women in the IT sector
• Startlingly, 32% of the male respondents believe women find employment in the technology field less appealing than other sectors. Overwhelmingly, women say this is not the case.