More research was needed into women in the 40-50 age group - anecdotal evidence suggested that many were leaving to set up their own businesses, perhaps sick of the constraints of a male-dominated company culture.
Of the women who do chose to brave the male-dominated tech world - about 19 per cent of the total UK population - a majority (60 per cent) choose project management roles over more technical positions such as programming, design or development.
We don't disagree that the falling numbers of women in IT are troubling - and of course we support rewarding women and men equally and doing what's possible to encourage them to pursue the career - if they're interested.
Exceptions to the rule include the university cities of Cambridge and Oxford which are performing well on the back of knowledge economies dominated by public sector employment. These areas have low numbers of graduates, relatively low pay and low...
The reality is that the IT industry needs more computing graduates than are currently being produced just to keep up with current demand - yet computer science student numbers have declined by around a quarter in the last three years so the future...
The survey suggests that many women will be attracted by the impact that IT projects have in other sectors and areas of life, while the men tend to like the technical projects. If IT is to plug its skills gap by attracting graduates from other...