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 2023 just 5% were working part-time hours compared with 24% of workers as a whole.

The incidence of part-time working was much the same for IT specialists with/without disabilities (6% and 4% respectively), though again the incidence of part-time working for those working in IT was more than five times less than amongst disabled workers more generally (33% of which worked part-time during 2023).

Whilst the relative incidence of part-time working is low for disabled IT specialists and IT specialists as a whole, it would appear that, for the majority at least, this is out of choice - albeit a slightly less common choice for those with disabilities (65% of which stated that they worked part-time as they did not want a full-time job over the 2019-23 period compared with 88% of IT specialists without disabilities).

Incidence of part-time working (2023)

Source: Analysis of ONS Quarterly Labour Force Survey by BCS

Remuneration

In 2023 the gross hourly pay for IT specialists with disabilities was £21phr – only 89% of the remuneration for IT specialists without disabilities (£24phr). Pay for IT specialists with disabilities was 44% higher than that of other workers with disabilities (£15phr).^[3]

Median hourly earnings of full-time employees (2023)

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 2023, IT specialists with disabilities (employees) were less likely to hold positions of responsibility than those without disabilities (i.e. 29% stating that they were a manager/foreman/team leader compared with 40% of IT specialists without disabilities).

For those with disabilities, the likelihood of holding positions of responsibility was about the same compared with the workforce as a whole (30%). Whereas for workers without disabilities the likelihood was higher among IT specialists (40% versus 37%).

Employees in 'responsible positions' (2023)

Source: Analysis of ONS Quarterly Labour Force Survey by BCS

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