The proportion of women recruited to
graduate accountancy roles has fallen in recent years, according to the findings of a new survey.
Women filled 49 per cent of junior audit jobs six years ago, but that figure has now dropped to 27 per cent, reports Accountancy Magazine.
The study, which was conducted by Longbridge, also revealed that only a quarter of professionals moving to in-house
audit jobs in the city are women.
This could perhaps be explained by the large wage gap that is still prevalent in the city, which researchers suggested is more than 20 per cent in places.
However, they discovered that the salary gap within the audit profession is just five per cent - the average remuneration for men is £68,492, while women earn £65,189.
The gap was wider for junior roles, but women in senior in-house audit jobs were found to earn slightly more than their male counterparts.
A recent study by Badenoch & Clark found the average basic salary of finance staff rose by 3.7 per cent during 2007.
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