At Motorway, we recognise the challenges and gender bias women continue to face across the tech industry. We’re committed to closing our gender pay gap, reinforcing our inclusive culture, and supporting women’s career growth at every level.
Since our previous results, we have focused on building on the foundational work we did in 2023, continuing to drive progress in balanced gender representation across the business.
- Following our benefits uplift in 2023, including enhancing our maternity leave policy to six months of full pay and the introduction of a workplace nursery scheme, we focused on actively communicating these benefits as part of our Employee Value Proposition (EVP). We aim to attract more female candidates who value the benefits, culture, and career opportunities we offer.
- We also launched our Women’s Chapter, creating a safe and supportive space for advocacy, career growth, and professional development, helping women across Motorway build their careers with confidence.
- To support all of this, we also partnered with Women in Data (WiD), an organisation that provides mentorship, professional development, and networking opportunities. We’ve been attending their quarterly meetups, and members of our team have been speaking at their events, offering their insights, and representing female talent at Motorway. We’re hopeful that this partnership will help attract more women into tech, data, and leadership roles at Motorway.
- We have remained committed to ensuring a diverse candidate pool for every role and have increased our focus on gender diversity data. This has given us deeper insights into our recruitment pipeline, allowing us to identify where we can improve and ensure an equitable hiring process.
Like many other tech companies, our gender pay gap continues to be influenced by the limited female representation in technical roles across the UK, which affects the number of female candidates applying for roles, particularly in higher-paying technical and leadership positions.
- Our mean gender pay gap improved, decreasing from 21.4% to 18.7% – a 2.7pp reduction. This change reflects the positive impact of stronger female representation in leadership roles and more balanced hiring across the business.
- However, our median gender pay gap has increased from 29% to 32.4%. This shift reflects a higher concentration of women in junior roles compared to men, combined with increased hiring into technical Product roles, which currently have lower female representation across the industry.
- Our overall female representation remained steady at 32% year-over-year. While we’re proud of the strides we’ve made in leadership representation, we recognise the need to keep pushing for better balance across all levels of the business.
Progress we’ve made since April 2024
Since the April 2024 snapshot, we’ve already made measurable progress in key areas, including senior female representation, with growth driven by new hires and internal promotions. From April to December 2024, we’ve seen female representation in leadership roles increase from 33% to 40%, exceeding our internal targets.
Later in 2024, we also achieved a 50:50 gender balance at the C-level for the first time. We’re proud to have welcomed Naomi Walkland as Chief Marketing Officer and Tanya Cordrey as Chief Product Officer, who have both made a significant impact in our leadership team.
While we’re proud of the progress we’ve made, we’re committed to doing much more. We’ll continue to focus on improving female representation at all levels, reviewing our pay gap progress quarterly, and tracking hiring plans monthly at the executive level to stay accountable for lasting change.
About Motorway
Motorway is the UK’s fastest-growing used car marketplace. We connect people selling their car directly with our network of more than 7,500 verified car dealers, matching each seller on our platform with the dealer who most wants to buy their car. We help car owners secure a great price online, in as little as 24 hours, with their car collected from home for free, while supporting our car dealer partners to easily acquire the best used car stock.