Band 6+: The bar chart below shows the employment of all male and female workers by occupation in the UK in the year 2005. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of male and female workers employed in different occupations in the UK in 2005.

Overall, although the number of workers who opted for working as skill trades, managers, professionals, plant and machine operatives, and elementary, was mainly men. Other occupations were most popular among women.

Looking at the details, skilled trades were more prominent among men than women with 20% in the former and around 2% in the latter. By contrast the proportion of women selecting administrative and secretarial positions was over four times as high as that of men with around 23% as opposed to 5% in 2005. Subsequently, while the figure for men choosing process, plant and machine operatives was substantially higher than that of women, the opposite pattern was true for personal service, coupled with sales and customer service during this year.

Furthermore, the percentage of male workers selecting managers and senior officials was substantially larger than that of women with approximately 18% and 11% respectively. Meanwhile, there was a similarity in two occupations, namely elementary and professional both genders, with the figure higher than about 3%.