2021 ANNUAL SURVEY REPORT

2021 ANNUAL SURVEY REPORT

WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY INSIGHTS & REPORT

Each year, we undertake our community survey to help gain insights, opinions, and feedback on Code First Girls and the wider tech world. This feedback helps us to shape our future across product launches, events, communities, and partners. Our focus is to put insights into action and listening to our community last year, we have since:

  • Created new MOOCs with a wider range of topics, with quick and short learning topics;
  • Launched our Nanodegree with more intensive and in-depth learning;
  • Are partnering with more companies across sectors and industries our community were most interested in with and with real job opportunities and career paths;
  • Provided more hackathons with companies like Vodafone, Rolls-Royce, and the FCA;
  • Launched Code Fest 2020 with a range of webinars and events to help showcase tech topics our community wanted to know more about, with Code Fest 2021 coming soon;
  • Launched Career Nav with the opportunity to develop skills for job interviews, assessments, and for our community to explore tech career pathways.

This year, our 2021 survey was sent out to our community at the beginning of May and we received just under 1,000 responses from our members. Like we did last year, we plan on using the survey data to help us steer the direction of Code First Girls, and as a result, expand our offering in line with what our community would like to see next. 

To access our 2021 Annual Survey Community Insights Report, click on a link below to access the report online or to download a PDF copy

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Discover more of our industry-leading research and community insights

Discover more of our industry-leading research and community insights

ARE YOU LOOKING TO HIRE, ENGAGE OR UPSKILL FEMALE TECH TALENT?

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TECH HIRING IN PORTUGAL

TUI leveraged our program to hire Junior Software Developers from a cohort with 75% career switchers and 100% non-computer science backgrounds.

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HIRING TECH TALENT IN GERMANY

Commerce Tools used our programme to hire entry-level tech talent for Junior Software Engineering and Junior Site Reliability Engineering roles.

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ROLLS-ROYCE HIRING IN THE USA

Rolls-Royce exceeded hiring targets by 150%, bringing in software engineers, data ops managers, and scrum managers, with 83% from underrepresented ethnicities and 50% first-generation university attendees.

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OPPORTUNITIES IN TECH IN INDIA

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CLASSES TO CFGDEGREE: HIRING IN INDIA

Unilever leveraged our pipeline to place CFGdegree graduates in roles like Solutions Factory DevOps Specialist and Solutions Factory ML Ops Specialist.

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TECH TALENT PIPELINES IN SINGAPORE

The Economist’s program supported tech pipelines with 78% oversubscription, drawing a cohort of 84% beginner-level women, 69% from underrepresented ethnicities, and 44% career switchers.

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TRAINING TECH TALENT IN HILVERSUM

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TECH HIRING IN KRAKOW AND WARSAW

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FROM BEGINNER TO SKILLED IN HUNGARY

Morgan Stanley used our program to hire entry-level software engineers from a cohort with 99% underrepresented ethnicities and 85% career-focused participants.

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FINDING TECH TALENT IN poland

Goldman Sachs used our oversubscribed program to hire in Poland and the UK, drawing from a cohort with 63% career switchers and 44% first-generation university attendees.

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TECH TOPICS UNLOCKED IN SWITZERLAND

Credit Suisse enhanced its employer brand and hiring pipeline by training a cohort that was 81% new to tech, 63% from underrepresented ethnicities, and 61% career switchers.

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FINDING SOFTWARE ENGINEERS IN SPAIN

Skyscanner’s pipeline achieved a 4% year-over-year increase in women in tech roles, with 62% beginner-level participants and 85% career switchers.

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HIRING TECH TALENT IN SPAIN

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CLOSING THE TALENT GAP IN GERMANY

Capgemini’s pilot program closed Germany’s talent gap, placing 80+ graduates globally and generating job-ready candidates for junior infrastructure admin roles.

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UNLOCKING TECH TALENT IN POLAND

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ENTRY-LEVEL TALENT IN THE NETHERLANDS

Booking.com used our program to hire junior software engineers from a cohort with 94% underrepresented ethnicities and 50% career switchers.