Closing the Engineering Gender Pay Gap

The Royal Academy of Engineering has commissioned Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) to quantify the gender pay gap for engineers in the UK, identify the underlying causes and recommend effective solutions. This research project is a key element of the Academy’s diversity and inclusion strategy, which aligns closely with WISE’s core purpose of achieving gender balance in science, technology and engineering.

This research aims to:

1. build the first dataset of quantified data specific to engineering roles
2. look at the underlying reasons for a gender pay gapin engineering
3. make practical recommendationsand an action plan on how the gap can be closed

WISE is currently seeking participants in the research that will underpin this project and would be interested to hear from engineering organisations in the UK. The research has two elements, quantitative and qualitative:

Quantitative Research

WISE is looking for companies willing to provide a sub-set of their gender pay gap data for people employed in engineering roles.

Deadline for submission – 30^th June 2019

We will use this data to calculate and analyse the gender pay gap for engineers, comparing the situation for engineers in different sectors.

Qualitative Research

We are looking for individuals from organisations that employ engineers to join a focus group to discuss their personal and professional experiences.

There will be one focus group, held in central London, for each of the following groups of professionals:

1. 26 June 2019 (AM): HR / Reward representatives
2. 26 June 2019 (PM): Female engineers
3. 02 July 2019 (AM): Male engineers
4. 02 July 2019 (PM): Diversity & Inclusion representatives (either in a full-time role or as sponsors of D&I for your company)

Why get involved?

By signing up to participate in this key research project, you can:

• participate in a project that will be the first to deliver evidence and narrative on the engineering gender pay gap.
• be part of the first collectively developed action plan to close the gender pay gap in engineering
• Contribute towards genuine and sustainable change

Be part of the change we need to make engineering a sector where everybody, whatever their gender, can make the best use of their abilities.

For more information on the research and to get involved, please email Stephen Howse, WISE Research Manager, at [email protected]

For background reading on the causes of the engineering gender pay gap, please read the Engineering Gender Pay Gap literature review produced as part of this project.