Women in Defence

As a proud supporter and signatory of the Women in Defence Charter we're pleased to share a snapshot of the latest data insights recently released.

The full report can be accessed here
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Women make up 24% of the sector workforce

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41% work in the Civil Service numbering 22,541

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29% work in the Private sector numbering 56,944

Representation in 2023

Area
Total Male
Total Female
Total
Male %
Female %
YoY % Change
Public
158,681
39,001
197,682
80%
20%
1.7%
Armed Forces
126,100
16,460
142,560
88%
12%
0.3%
Civil Service
32,581
22,541
55,122
59%
41%
-1.3%
Private
140,689
56,944
197,633
71%
29%
6.4%
All
299,370
95,945
395,315
76%
24%
4.9%

Average of total % of females at each level 2023

Sector
Workforce
Manager
Senior Manager
Director
Board
Civil Service
35%
39%
36%
32%
27%
Armed Forces
12%
12%
14%
10%
6%
Private
28%
20%
24%
24%
22%
Overall
28%
20%
20%
25%
22%

Sharing leading practise is the best way for the Defence & Security sector to create positive impact.

We're very pleased to share with you, what we've committed to doing better to help achieve the goal of 30% representation for Women in Defence by 2030:

Work with our clients to encourage greater consideration for Part-Time workers against the vacancies we recruit for. Impact Case Study can be found here.

Understanding the full detail on all Parental Leave benefits so we can pro-actively share them and discuss with female applicants. Our aim is for these to be included on as many job adverts as possible.

Ensuring our job vacancy adverts are checked and validated to be gender neutral in their language.

Ongoing ED&I training for our recruitment consultants to increase awareness of how they can support a truly inclusive recruitment process for our clients and candidate.

Advertising our vacancies at https://womenindefence.careers/

Bringing together our client network at in person and online events to enable the sharing of leading practices.

Contractors
Skills
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Women make up 24% of the sector workforce

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41% work in the Civil Service numbering 22,541

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29% work in the Private sector numbering 56,944

Representation in 2023

Average of total % of females at each level 2023