Women participation in flexi IT roles reaches 40% in FY26

PLACEMENT OF WOMEN in contractual or flexible roles in the IT and IT-enabled services sector has reached 40% in FY26, reflecting the growing adoption of the workforce model, a report said on Saturday.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Women’s placements increased by 10 percentage points from FY22 to FY26, reaching 40% in FY26, said talent solutions provider Careernet’s report - Women in IT/ITeS: Trends in Contractual/Flexi Roles.

The preferred roles tilt towards finance and accounting (43%), followed by data science and analytics (34%), UX, design and architecture (31%), IT and information security (29%) and engineering - software and QA (27%), it said. Consulting (20%) continues to lag, pointing to areas that have greater headroom for inclusion, added the report.