Women's Role In Tech To Grow By 24% In Next Three Years: Report
A report on Wednesday revealed a future outlook for women working in the technology field. The study predicted by 2027 women’s participation across all levels in the tech sector including, freshers, junior, mid-senior, leadership and C-Suite positions will surge by 24.3 per cent.
The TeamLease Digital report also predicted the surge of tech expertise women in non-tech businesses by an average of 9 per cent.
The study found that over 40 per cent of women hiring on average is expected in BFSI, manufacturing, consumer and retail sectors for both tech and non-tech roles in FY 2025. Consequently, it suggested optimism for GCCs and predicted the centres are likely to experience a 25 to 35 per cent surge in its female workforce.
Currently, women constitute 35 per cent of the GCC workforce, with a predominant 81 per cent in IT roles, 16 per cent in operations, 2 per cent in marketing and approximately 1 per cent in finance, the report added.
Further, the study showcased new trends indicating that the next five years will be critical for the country to attain an 8 per cent GDP growth rate, following which women must account for more than half of the new workforce generated by 2030.
Shedding light on the gender disparity the study said India’s digital advancement has been continuously fueled by the growing proportion of women in the tech workforce. However, compared to the predicted percentage of males in the industry which stands at 36.1 lakh, there are significantly fewer women (20.5 lakh), as of 2024.
Underlining the lower percentage of women in the tech sector the study stressed it is primarily due to the multiple challenges female encounter, including low educational enrolment, lack of opportunities, the gender pay gap, safety concerns, societal norms, discriminatory at workplace, a lack of upskilling or reskilling as well as the return-to-work policies, etc.
It added that the gender disparity in India's labour force is attributable to the conservative societal norms, influenced by both demand-side and supply-side variables, which remains the most enduring contradiction of recent decades.
Addressing on facilitating greater female participation in tech, the study suggested several reforms, including return-to-work programmes, efforts to close the pay gap, the implementation of well-structured role models for STEM professionals and the establishment of open pathways for equal opportunity, actively implemented by organisations.
The report was based on the total number of women in the Indian tech sector including their employment in GCC and non-tech sector. It was also focused on studying the city-wise trends of working women, like workforce expansion, in-demand and their futuristic tech roles along with the challenges they face in the tech industry, among others.
