THE NUMBER OF women resigning from IT jobs in the UK has risen over the last year.

According to research from Chartered Management Institute, part of the reason is the pay gap between the genders has widened for the first time in 11 years.

The figures show that 5.7 per cent of women working in IT walked away from the industry in 2006, which was a 2.1 per cent more than for 2005. While the average IT bloke’s pay increased by 3.1 per cent the average woman’s pay went up by only 2.9 per cent.

However it was not all bad news for women. The National Management Salary Survey found that British female managers were promoted a lot faster than men. They were more likely to get a bonus, although these were 30 per cent lower than an average bloke.

So in other words women are doing a better job and are being asked to take on more responsibility for less money.

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