Working hours and benefits

Full-time and part-time working

IT specialists in the UK are much less likely to work part-time than other workers, and in 2022, just 5% were working part-time hours compared with 23% of workers as a whole. Moreover, BAME IT specialists appear even less likely to be working in part-time positions (just 4% in 2022).

When asked why they were working part-time, the majority of part-timers stated that it was because they did not want a full-time job (68% of all workers and 79% of IT specialists) though the likelihood of this being the case amongst BAME workers was much lower (56% in each case).

Incidence of part-time working (2022)

Source: Analysis of ONS Quarterly Labour Force Survey by BCS

Remuneration

In 2022, the median hourly earnings recorded for BAME IT specialists working in the UK stood at £26 per hour – a level 11% above to that for white IT specialists and 59% higher than that for all BAME workers in the UK at that time (£16 per hour)^[3]

Median hourly earnings of full-time employees (2022)

Source: Analysis of ONS Quarterly Labour Force Survey by BCS

Responsibility

Using Managerial/supervisory status as a proxy for the likelihood that individuals are given responsibility within their work, it would appear that during 2022, BAME IT specialists (that were employees) were less likely to be in ‘positions of responsibility’ than their white counterparts with 36% and 41% respectively stating that they were a manger/foreman or team leader.

In both cases the likelihood of individuals holding positions of responsibility was higher than others in the workforce amongst which comparison figures of 32% and 36% respectively were recorded.

Employees in 'responsible positions' (2022)

Source: Analysis of ONS Quarterly Labour Force Survey by BCS

^[3]All figures given are for full-time permanent employees.