Lgbtq in tech statistics
The Invisible Minority: Exploring the Lack of LGBTQ+ Diversity in the UK Tech Scene
The UK tech industry has made wonderful strides in promoting diversity and inclusion in recent years, but there are still significant challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community. There is a significant lack of comprehensive statistical information on the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals in the UK tech industry. However, research and studies possess shown that there are still substantial diversity and inclusion issues facing the community. Here are some statistics highlighting the biggest LGBTQ+ diversity issues in the UK tech industry:
Lack of representation
Even though there’s been noticeable efforts to increase diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+ representation in the tech industry remains small. Many LGBTQ+ individuals still face barriers to entry and advancement in the industry, which has inevitably led to underrepresentation at all levels. According to a survey conducted by Hired, a job find platform, only 29% of LGBTQ+ tech workers touch they are well-represented in the industry. Additionally, a Stonewall report found that only 12% of LGBT graduates would consider a career in technology.
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How Tech Companies Can Back the LGBTQ+ Community
The tech industry has long been seen as a beacon of innovation and progress. However, ensuring that this progress includes everyone means creating a workplace where diversity is not just accepted but celebrated.
According to a 2021 survey by the Kapor Center, about 23% of Diverse employees in tech state experiencing unfair treatment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Moreover, Randstad’s Workmonitor Pulse Survey from q2 2024 shows that 41% of LGBTQI+ workers say they include faced discrimination or prejudice at work, and a third (33%) believe that their sexuality or gender identity has negatively affected their career, remuneration or progression.
These statistics highlight the ongoing need for more inclusive practices. In this blog, we explore how your company can effectively support the LGBTQ+ collective through inclusive policies, teaching, and a culture of respect and support.
1. Implement Inclusive Policies 🏳️🌈
Inclusive policies are the foundation of a supportive workplace. Ensure that your non-discrimination policies explicitly include sexual orientation and gender culture. Provide equitable b
Set aside your preconceptions about the people who are at this moment driving the U.S. data technology (IT) industry's $1.9 trillion market value. They are neither John Hodgman nor Elizabeth Holmes. They are engineers and artists, marketers and analysts. They are imaginative and they are strategic. They include people who are superb with numbers and people who are good with people.
As a career decision, the tech sector has come a long way since it first became a commercial unit in the 1960s. It had to. As technology evolved from its beginnings in government labs to scientific and industrial applications and on to personal computers, the people building and using the technology evolved, too. Now that it is integral to every aspect of our everyday lives — our work, health, learning, transportation, commerce, amusement — technology must reflect the people who use it. In other words, all of us.
But our LGBTQ+ people is underrepresented in tech and that's unfortunate for everyone.
Technology is all about solving complex problems, but if technology is developed predominantly by people from the same background and culture, it may fail to address the needs, v 
How Many Software Developers Name as LGBTQ+?
How many software developers identify as a member of the Gay community? Stack Overflow recently surveyed tens of thousands of developers about everything from their favorite programming languages to their educational background. One of the questions, answered by 36,939 respondents, asked professional developers for their sexual orientation. Here’s what they said:
Another question asked for developers whether they were trans. As you can watch, slightly less than 1 percent of the 40,911 developers who responded to that question identified that way.
From Alan Turing to Tim Cook and beyond, LGBTQ+ technologists have made extensive strides in helping drive the technology industry forward. A few years ago, a breakdown of Gallup polling data suggested that, in major tech hubs such as San Francisco and Seattle, the LGBTQ+ population is 2-3 times that of the national average. Companies such as Facebook have begun publishing statistics on their LGBTQ+ employees as part of their broader diversity data.
Organizations such as O4U (Out for Undergrad) and oSTEM (a nonprofit associa
Being LGBTQ+ in the IT industry
By Fay Capstick
Pride month is here. This week our blog will be looking at what the IT industry is like for Queer workers. Is it a safe room, what support is available and how far have we come in making inclusive workplaces?
What is LGBTQ+?
LGBTQ+ simply means people who spot as lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender, gay or any other identity that isn’t straight cis gender (cis gender means identifying with the gender that you were assigned at birth).
What proportion of IT workers identify as LGBTQ+?
It is hard to get figures on this, but for the general UK population that most recent figures exhibition that 2.7% of the UK population identify this way (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplep...). Within the IT workers people this figure is likely to be higher. This is because the IT industry has a large proportion on younger workers, and younger people are more likely to openly identify as LGBTQ+ than older ones. However this doesn’t mean that these younger workers are out in their place of work.
What help is available?
Out in Tech (https://outintech.com/team-2/) is a US based non-profit organisation for LGBTQ+ leaders in tech. They
How Tech Companies Can Back the LGBTQ+ Community
The tech industry has long been seen as a beacon of innovation and progress. However, ensuring that this progress includes everyone means creating a workplace where diversity is not just accepted but celebrated.
According to a 2021 survey by the Kapor Center, about 23% of Diverse employees in tech state experiencing unfair treatment due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Moreover, Randstad’s Workmonitor Pulse Survey from q2 2024 shows that 41% of LGBTQI+ workers say they include faced discrimination or prejudice at work, and a third (33%) believe that their sexuality or gender identity has negatively affected their career, remuneration or progression.
These statistics highlight the ongoing need for more inclusive practices. In this blog, we explore how your company can effectively support the LGBTQ+ collective through inclusive policies, teaching, and a culture of respect and support.
1. Implement Inclusive Policies 🏳️🌈
Inclusive policies are the foundation of a supportive workplace. Ensure that your non-discrimination policies explicitly include sexual orientation and gender culture. Provide equitable b
Set aside your preconceptions about the people who are at this moment driving the U.S. data technology (IT) industry's $1.9 trillion market value. They are neither John Hodgman nor Elizabeth Holmes. They are engineers and artists, marketers and analysts. They are imaginative and they are strategic. They include people who are superb with numbers and people who are good with people.
As a career decision, the tech sector has come a long way since it first became a commercial unit in the 1960s. It had to. As technology evolved from its beginnings in government labs to scientific and industrial applications and on to personal computers, the people building and using the technology evolved, too. Now that it is integral to every aspect of our everyday lives — our work, health, learning, transportation, commerce, amusement — technology must reflect the people who use it. In other words, all of us.
But our LGBTQ+ people is underrepresented in tech and that's unfortunate for everyone.
Technology is all about solving complex problems, but if technology is developed predominantly by people from the same background and culture, it may fail to address the needs, v
How Many Software Developers Name as LGBTQ+?
How many software developers identify as a member of the Gay community? Stack Overflow recently surveyed tens of thousands of developers about everything from their favorite programming languages to their educational background. One of the questions, answered by 36,939 respondents, asked professional developers for their sexual orientation. Here’s what they said:
Another question asked for developers whether they were trans. As you can watch, slightly less than 1 percent of the 40,911 developers who responded to that question identified that way.
From Alan Turing to Tim Cook and beyond, LGBTQ+ technologists have made extensive strides in helping drive the technology industry forward. A few years ago, a breakdown of Gallup polling data suggested that, in major tech hubs such as San Francisco and Seattle, the LGBTQ+ population is 2-3 times that of the national average. Companies such as Facebook have begun publishing statistics on their LGBTQ+ employees as part of their broader diversity data.
Organizations such as O4U (Out for Undergrad) and oSTEM (a nonprofit associa
Being LGBTQ+ in the IT industry
By Fay Capstick
Pride month is here. This week our blog will be looking at what the IT industry is like for Queer workers. Is it a safe room, what support is available and how far have we come in making inclusive workplaces?
What is LGBTQ+?
LGBTQ+ simply means people who spot as lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender, gay or any other identity that isn’t straight cis gender (cis gender means identifying with the gender that you were assigned at birth).
What proportion of IT workers identify as LGBTQ+?
It is hard to get figures on this, but for the general UK population that most recent figures exhibition that 2.7% of the UK population identify this way (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplep...). Within the IT workers people this figure is likely to be higher. This is because the IT industry has a large proportion on younger workers, and younger people are more likely to openly identify as LGBTQ+ than older ones. However this doesn’t mean that these younger workers are out in their place of work.
What help is available?
Out in Tech (https://outintech.com/team-2/) is a US based non-profit organisation for LGBTQ+ leaders in tech. They