LinkedIn study finds sharp rise in gender equity at UK firms – Personnel Today

There has been a significant rise (19%) since 2024 in the number of the UK’s largest 400 companies meeting gender equity benchmarks, according to a new report. The 2025 Women in Work Gender Equity Measure report, produced in partnership with LinkedIn, found that 121 companies were now reaching these standards. However, noted the report, women remained excluded from top roles: nine out of 10 male CEOs were replaced by men, compared with a 50/50 split when female CEOs stepped down. And LinkedIn data revealed three-quarters of UK companies had a lower proportion of women in leadership than in their overall workforce. The findings show women fall behind at every stage of their career, with career progression stalling hardest between ages 30-50 when caregiving responsibilities peak. This report analyses the UK’s top 400 companies on three metrics: meaningful representation of women on boards (above 33%); closing gender pay gap (mean or median hourly pay gap under 15%); and transparent and public parental leave policies. More than half of the 400 companies analysed (232) made parental leave policies public and easy to find – a 22% increase on 2024. Six more companies had a lowest mean or median hourly pay gap of less
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