The bar chart gives information on the percentage of men and women employed in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2005 in nine different spheres. Overall, there was a distinct gender divide: the share of men doing skilled, managerial and labour-intensive jobs was higher compared to women except for the associate ones. On the contrary, more women were employed in services and assisting positions, especially in the administrative and secretarial sector.
Regarding male-domonant jobs, the highest percentage of men were employed as skilled traders, manager and senior officials, professionals and process, plant and machine operatives, elementary staff, with 20%, 18%, 14% 12% and 12%respectively. Notably, while there were only a meager 2% of female representatives among skill traders or operatives, the share of women in the other three male-dominant fields was smaller by a small margin.
Conversely, women were heavily represented in administrative and secretarial positions, where their share was the highest – 22% in comparison to 5% of male representatives. The second most common occupation among women was associate professions and technicians (15%), which was almost as common among men (13%). Finally, while a sizable minority of females worked in personal service and sales and customer service, 14% and 12%, respectively, the share of men in each of these services was 5% or less.