International Women in Engineering Day 2025

International Women in Engineering Day, 23rd June 2025, brought to you by Women’s Engineering Society (WES) will celebrate its 12th year in 2025 and will once again be promoting the amazing work that women engineers across the globe are doing. This year’s theme is #TogetherWeEngineer.

At Synergi Recruitment, we’re proud to support this important movement. But while celebration is important, so is action. Employers in manufacturing, production, and engineering have a critical role to play in building more inclusive teams. We’ve put our decades of experience in engineering recruitment into use; to summarise some of the key facts and provide actionable insights for UK businesses.

Latest data on Women in Engineering in the UK

The Gender Gap in Engineering

The latest data from EngineeringUK (2024) shows that only 16.9% of engineers in the UK are women, compared to 56% in other occupations. While this is an increase from 10.5% a decade ago, progress remains slow in comparison to other neighbouring countries. Countries like Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Bulgaria have over 50% female representation in engineering roles according to Eurostat (2023). The UK’s gender diversity in STEM has a long way to go.

According to the Office for National Statistics (2024), the median gender pay gap in science, research, engineering and technology professionals is 10.8%, compared to the UK’s overall gap of 13.1%. Engineering employment is going in the right direction for closing the gender pay gap. However, we have seen a spike in the number of women aged 35 – 44 who are leaving engineering roles.

Download our latest Salary Guide to make sure your pay structure reflects fairness and competitiveness across Manufacturing and Engineering.

 

What your business can do

Implement strategies to address your gender gap

If you want more women in your engineering team, you have to create an environment where they want to stay. One that sees them, supports them. Have a read through our 5 strategies for Attracting Women to Engineering to proactively address your gender employment gap. Choosing even one of these to implement will put your business in the right position for bringing more diversity into your team.

3 ways to build your Employer Brand this month

International Women in Engineering Day offers an opportunity for businesses to build their employer brand. Build yours by:

  • Showcasing your women engineers: Use your marketing channels to empower your team and encourage STEM education – remember the official hashtags #INWED25 and #TogetherWeEngineer.
  • Asking the right questions: Ask your senior leaders about challenges they’ve encountered and start the conversation to build bridges for more women to enter engineering careers.
  • Celebrating INWED 2025: Through internal events and team-building to encourage engagement within your teams or outreach activities to encourage more girls and women to pursue STEM education.

How Synergi Supports Women in Engineering

As a specialist Engineering recruiter, we work closely with sectors across the UK including manufacturers, production businesses and automation companies. For over 20 years, we’ve supported businesses to build diverse, inclusive teams, that make a lasting impact.

We’ve seen the difference when our clients get serious about inclusion. They attract better talent, they reduce churn, and unsurprisingly they perform better. Because diverse teams are better at solutions.

Through our Client and Candidate-led support, we’re committed to helping women join and progress in their engineering careers. We advise how to elevate remuneration packages to better attract the best candidates for retention.

#TogetherWeEngineer

Connect with our specialist consultants here at Synergi to speak about how you can improve gender diversity in your team. Finding contract and permanent engineering roles is what we’re experts at doing. Whether you’re a hiring manager or in talent acquisition, we know we can help you bridge the gender gap in your business.

Don’t take on this challenge alone! Speak with our team today to get expert advice and grow your team in the right direction. Find skilled engineering talent in the UK.