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An Update on Spektrix Team Demographics: 2024

Written by Michael Nabarro | April 22, 2024

Data on the diversity of our team, management and board in 2024, and our ongoing work to build a more inclusive workplace.

Beginning in July 2020 we've regularly measured the demographics of our team, as part of our commitment to build, measure, and continually improve the overall diversity of the team and the experience of every individual working at Spektrix. Since 2021, the questions and response fields have been consistent enough for us to track and share changes to the team over time, while continuing to improve our approach year after year. 

If you have questions about any of our plans or approach, we’d be delighted to speak with you - please reach out on consultation@spektrix.com.

 

Building an inclusive culture

We know that a more diverse workforce brings with it a greater wealth of ideas and lived experience, and we’re working actively to build a team and culture that’s increasingly representative of the communities in which our offices are based.

We use tools provided by our fellow B Corporation, CultureAmp, to monitor team sentiment and demographics. By monitoring and analyzing results across office locations, team membership, job level, and personal identity, we can identify and prioritize those initiatives with the greatest potential to positively impact team members’ wellbeing and engagement with our purpose.

In 2022-23, that focus was on hybrid working, careers and training, and the delivery of effective feedback. This year, we're also working to grow increasingly high performing teams, exploring themes of trust and accountability with team members, and bringing together people managers to provide peer support, offer informal advice, and consider how company initiatives and focus areas are implemented at the team level.

 

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How to read the data

Previous data: 2020 | 2021 | 2023 
(we ran the survey in winter 2021 and spring 2023, so 2022 saw a delay, rather than a full year's omission)

The most recent survey was run in March 2024 and reflects the makeup of the team at this point in time. It doesn't reflect any changes that have happened since then.

96% of all team members responded to the survey in 2024.

Board: 100%
Senior Leadership Group (SLG): 100%
Managers & Leads: 94.8%
Team members: 95.9%

All figures are shown as percentages. Team members who did not participate in a given year are excluded from the data for that year, but may be included in data for other years. Percentages are therefore a proportion of participants, rather than a proportion of all team members.

At Board and SLG level, we’re looking at small numbers of people, meaning that a single change within the team can have a significant impact on percentages. This year, we expanded our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to a Senior Leadership Group (SLG), with 11 members compared to 8. We're comparing the two groups side by side, just as we continue to compare the wider team as it grows.

We've also separated whole-team data for 2023-2024 to look separately at Managers and Leads (Mgrs), and other team members. This will allow us to map diversity and progression more continually as people build their careers at Spektrix. We do not have this data for earlier years.

Throughout, we describe data changes from 2023 to 2024 in one of two ways:

  • As a percentage point (pp) change. In most cases, we’ve used this approach to highlight a change in group size - for example, if 10% of team members identified as female in 2023, and 15% did so in 2024, this would be a change of 5 percentage points.

  • As a percentage (%) change. In some cases, smaller group sizes mean that a minor percentage point change can represent a significant shift within a specific group. In the same example, a change in group size from 10-15% represents a 50% increase in the proportion of team members identifying as female.

In our commentary, our aim is not to draw conclusions or comparisons to society, or to suggest that the changes we've highlighted are positive or negative. By selecting certain data points to describe in writing, our intention is to ensure that the data's accessible to all readers, and to identify the largest changes since our last survey in 2023.

The colors used in these visualizations have been chosen to be visible to as many viewers as possible, including people with color blindness or other visual impairments. Numerical data is also included to support anyone unable to view the visualizations. If you struggle to access the data in either format, please get in touch.

Blank, gray cells represent data which was unavailable or not asked in a given year (e.g. we did not collect separate data for Managers & Leads in 2021). White cells with a dash mean the question was asked, but no-one gave this response. 

 

Spektrix team data: 2023 - 2024

 

 

What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were aged about 14?

This question looks at the socio-economic background of team members (i.e. how privileged/affluent a background people have come from). There is no perfect way to measure socio-economic background, however we have taken the approach recommended by the UK's Social Mobility Commission. Respondents selected one of seven categories, which have been aligned to three economic background levels in this data in line with Social Mobility Commission guidance.
A free text field was not offered for this question.

In 2024, we added the option of Long-term unemployed for people whose main household earner had claimed an unemployment benefit for more than a year. 

In the team, there's been a 21.5% reduction in the proportion of team members from professional backgrounds since 2021.

There are 6% more Managers than Team members from professional backgrounds.

 

2024

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🗝️ Aggregated response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

Lower socio-economic backgrounds 2021 11.8   14.3 -
2023 20.7 19.3 12.5 -
2024 19.0 15.5 9.1 -
  Intermediate backgrounds 2021 9.1   42.9 20.0
2023 18.0 10.5 37.5 -
2024 17.0 10.3 27.3 33.3
  Professional backgrounds 2021 72.7   42.9 80.0
2023 55.9 68.4 50.0 66.7
2024 57.1 63.8 63.6 66.7
  Exclude 2021 6.4   - -
2023 5.4 1.8 - 33.3
2024 5.4 6.9 - -
  Long-term unemployed  2024 1.4 3.4 - -

 

What is your age?

A free text field was not offered for this question.

Team members and Managers/Leads are generally younger than SLG and Board members.

At the same time, among the Team and Managers, the number of people aged 55-64 has increased noticeably. In 2021 this group formed 0.9% of the aggregated group; in 2024, 2% of Team members and 3.4% of Managers/Leads are aged 55+.

 

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

18-24 2021 6.4   - -
2023 6.3 - - -
2024 3.4 - - -
  25-34 2021 62.7   28.6 -
2023 64.0 49.1 37.5 -
2024 54.4 46.6 9.1 -
  35-44 2021 27.3   28.6 60.0
2023 20.7 40.4 25.0 50.0
2024 31.3 39.7 63.6 50.0
  45-54 2021 2.7   42.9 20.0
2023 7.0 7.0 37.5 33.3
2024 8.6 8.6 27.3 33.3
  55-64 2021 0.9   - 20.0
2023 0.9 1.8  - 16.7
2024 2.0 3.4 - 16.7
  Prefer not to say 2023 0.9 1.8 - -
2024 1.4 1.7 - -

 

What nationality(ies) are you?

Spektrix offices are based in the US and UK, so we offered two specific options - American and British - as well as ‘Nationality(ies) not listed’ and ‘Prefer not to say’.

20.4% of the whole team listed an additional or different nationality. In total, 28 different nationalities were listed - one more than in 2023.

These were:

American, Australian, Austrian, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Caribbean American, Colombian, Congolese, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indian, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, New Zealand, Nigerian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scottish, Swiss, Taiwanese, Thai, Trinidadian

 

Which language(s) do you speak at home?

Spektrix offices are based in the US and UK, so we offered English as an option as well as ‘Language(s) not listed’ and ‘Prefer not to say’.

16.4% of the whole team listed an additional or different language. In total, 24 different languages were spoken compared to 29 in 2023.

These were:

Bengali, Cantonese, English, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi,  Hungarian, Igbo, Italian, Lingala, Mandarin, Marathi, Ndebele, Polish, Portuguese, Serbo-Croat, Spanish, Swati, Thai, Welsh, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu

 

Which of the following categories best describes your race and/or ethnicity?

The options presented for this question were based on a combination of census categories from the US and UK. Before asking people to choose a category, we invited them to self-identify using a free text field. The combination of free text and categorized data allows us both to recognize and list people's self-described identities, and to draw useful comparisons over time and across the team.

The proportion of Team members identifying as Black doubled from 2021-2023, and has grown by another 3pp in 2024. At Manager and SLG level the proportion of Black respondents has reduced.

The proportion of Managers identifying as White reduced by 6pp from 2023-2024, but the number of Managers identifying as White remains 4.1pp higher than the same group of Team members.

  

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

Black (including African, African-American, Black American, Black British, Caribbean, or any other Black background) 2021 3.6   14.3 -
2023 7.2 7.0 12.5 -
2024 10.2 5.2 - -
  East Asian (including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Tibetan and Taiwanese) 2021 2.7   - -
2023 2.7 - - -
2024 1.4 3.4 - -
  Jewish 2021 1.8   28.6 20.0
2023 0.9 1.8 25.0 16.7
2024 0.7 1.7 18.2 16.7
  Latin(a,o,e,x) or Hispanic 2021 2.7   14.3 -
2023 2.7 - - -
2024 2.0 - 9.1 -
  Mixed Race 2021 1.8   - -
2023 4.5 - - -
2024 3.4 1.7 - -
  South Asian (including Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Indian, Nepali, Pakistan, and Sri Lankan) 2021 2.7   - 20.0
2023 2.7 - 12.5 16.7
2024 3.4 - 9.1 16.7
  South East Asian (including Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese) 2021 1.8   - -
2023 1.8 1.8 - -
2024 0.7 1.7 - -
  White (including White British, White American, White European, English, Welsh, Scottish, British, Irish) 2021 81.8   42.9 60.0
2023 75.7 87.7 50.0 66.7
2024 76.9 81.0 63.6 66.7
  None of the above 2023 0.9 - - -
2024 - 1.7 - -
  Prefer not to say 2021 0.9   - -
2023 0.9 1.8 - -
2024 1.4 3.4 - -

 

Members of the wider team provided 40+ different free text responses. These included:

African, African American, Asian, Asian American, Asian/Southeast Asian/Filipino, Black, Black African, Black African/American, Black African American/Puerto Rican, Black British African, Black British/Caribbean, Black Caribbean, Black Caribbean American, British, British/South Asian, British Indian/South Asian, Caribbean, Caucasian, Caucasian/White, Chinese, Chinese/American, English, Hispanic, Hispanic/Latina/o, Indian, Jewish, Mixed, South Asian, South Asian Indian, South East Asian, White, White American, White British, White British/English, White British/English/European, White British/Irish, White British/Welsh, White European, White European/Greek, White Irish, White Latin American, White Slavic, White/Hispanic, White/Jewish, White/Mixed

 

Which of the following categories best describes your gender?

The options offered were Agender, Female, Male and Non-Binary, although nobody selected Agender on this occasion. A free text field was also offered.
This and the next two questions follow guidance produced by UK charity Stonewall.

Female representation on the Senior Leadership Group has grown to 45.5%, or just under half of that team.

1.3pp more Team members are Male than Female, whereas 8.3pp more Managers are Female.

 

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

Female 2021 52.7   28.6 20.0
2023 43.2 50.9 12.5 16.7
2024 46.3 51.7 45.5 16.7
  Male 2021 41.8   71.4 80.0
2023 49.5 45.6 75.0 83.3
2024 47.6 43.1 54.5 83.3
  Non-binary 2021 4.5   - -
2023 5.4 1.8 - -
2024 4.8 3.4 - -
  None of the above 2023 - - 12.5 -
2024 - - - -
  Prefer not to say 2021 0.9   - -
2023 1.8 1.8 - -
2024 1.4 1.7 - -

 

Do you identify as trans?

We know it’s important to recognize demographics as part of people’s innate identity and not as a choice or preference. 

Trans people are only represented at Team level. Since 2023, there’s been a 0.7pp reduction in the proportion of Team members who identify as trans.

In the last two years, a small number of Team members and Managers told us they preferred not to answer this question. 

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

No 2021 97.3   100 100
2023 95.5 98.2 100 100
2024 96.6 98.3 100 100
  Yes 2021 2.7   - -
2023 2.7 - - -
2024 2.0 - - -
  Prefer not to say 2023 1.8 1.8 - -
2024 1.4 1.7 - -

 

What is your sexual orientation?

The proportional changes in response to this question are generally very small.

At Team and Manager level, there's been a decrease in the proportion of people identifying as Queer, and an increase in those who prefer not to give a response.

The proportion of Team members identifying as Heterosexual/Straight has increased, while the proportion of Managers in that group has decreased by a slightly smaller amount. 

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

Bi / Pansexual 2021 16.4   - -
2023 11.7 10.5 - -
2024 12.2 10.3 - -
  Gay /  Lesbian 2021 11.8   14.3 -
2023 14.4 10.5 12.5 -
2024 10.9 13.8 18.2 -
  Heterosexual / Straight 2021 60.9   85.7 100.0
2023 56.8 70.2 87.5 83.3
2024 65.3 67.2 81.8 100
  Queer 2021 3.6   - -
2023 8.1 5.3 - -
2024 2.7 1.7 - -
  Prefer to self-describe 2021 1.8   - -
2023 4.5 - - -
2024 2.0 1.7 - -
  Prefer not to say 2021 5.5   - -
2023 4.5 3.5  - 16.7
2024 6.8 5.2 - -

 

Do you consider yourself to be disabled?

There’s been a small increase in the proportion of Team members who identify as disabled, and a slight reduction at Manager and SLG level.

The proportions of team members who Prefer to Self Describe or Prefer Not to Say decreased in 2024, after rising the previous year.

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

No 2021 88.2   100 100
2023 82.0 86.0 87.5 100
2024 84.4 93.1 90.9 100
  Yes 2021 6.4   - -
2023 7.2 7.0 12.5 -
2024 9.5 3.4 9.1 -
  Prefer to self-describe 2021 2.7   - -
2023 6.3 5.3 - -
2024 2.7 1.7 - -
  Prefer not to say 2021 2.7   - -
2023 4.5 1.8 - -
2024 3.4 1.7 - -

 

Do you consider yourself to be neurodivergent?

People who consider themselves to be neurodivergent now form 32.7% of the Team; almost one third of that cohort.

At Manager level the proportion is smaller (17.2%), but still significant and growing.

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

No 2021 78.2   85.7 100
2023 63.1 86.0 87.5 100
2024 58.5 77.6 72.7 100
  Yes 2021 11.8   - -
2023 27.0 10.5 12.5 -
2024 32.7 17.2 9.1 -
  Prefer to self-describe 2021 5.5   - -
2023 2.7 1.8 - -
2024 3.4 - 9.1 -
  Prefer not to say 2021 4.5   14.3 -
2023 7.2 1.8 - -
2024 5.4 5.2 9.1 -

 

Do you look after or care for someone with long term physical or mental ill health (not in a paid capacity)?

There’s been a small decrease in the proportion of people with caring responsibilities at all job levels except for Managers and Leads, where the number has increased slightly.

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board

 

No 2021 92.7   57.1 100
2023 86.5 86.0 62.5 66.7
2024 85.7 86.2 81.8 83.3
  Yes 2021 5.5   42.9 -
2023 7.2 7.0 37.5 33.3
2024 5.4 8.6 18.2 16.7
  Prefer to self-describe 2021 0.9   - -
2023 1.8 1.8 - -
2024 4.1 1.7 - -
  Prefer not to say 2021 0.9   - -
2023 4.5 5.3 - -
2024 4.8 3.4 - -

 

Which of the following categories appropriately describes your religion?

We asked this question for the first time in 2024, with the aim of growing a fuller understanding of our team. Like other questions, these responses will inform internal initiatives and build our understanding of the religious and spiritual viewpoints of the team.

Our choice of options in this first year was drawn from the Office of National Statistics in the UK. We'll use people's free-text responses to review and potentially adapt the options we offer in future years.

The largest proportion of responses at all levels came from people with no religion. 

2024

🗝️ Response Year Team Mgrs SLG Board
  Buddhism 2024 1.4
  Christianity (including Church of England, Catholic, Protestant, and all other Christian denominations) 2024 15.0 19.0 18.2 16.7
  Hinduism 2024 0.7 - - 16.7
  Islam 2024 2.0 - - -
  Judaism 2024 - 1.7 9.1 -
  Sikhism 2024 0.7 - - -
  No religion 2024 68.7 63.8 63.6 50.0
  None of the above 2024 8.2 10.3 9.1 16.7
  Prefer not to say 2024 3.4 5.2 - -

 

 

Interested in joining our team? Visit our Careers page to view open roles or submit a speculative application.

 

Michael Nabarro (he/him) is CEO and co-founder of Spektrix