A career in engineering is great for women – how you can enter the industry and inspire change

WHILE engineering-related roles are vital to the UK economy, accounting for one in five jobs, fewer than 16 per cent of the workforce are female.

Outdated stereotypes and a lack of flexible roles for women with care and family commitments mean the number of female engineering staff, dubbed femgineers, is dropping — down from 1,034,000 in 2022 to 996,000 last year.