Female HR professionals received higher salary increases than men for the tenth successive year and are more likely to receive a bonus, according to research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Remuneration Economics.

However, it revealed the average female manager in the HR sector still earns £10,000 less than male counterparts each year.

It also found that women are more likely to resign than men. Female resignation rates stand at 4.7%, compared with 4% for men.

“Inequalities are sill evident in pay packets and promotion and unless employers address the issue they are in danger of seeing a continuation of the trend in senior female executive resignations,” says Jo Causon director of the CMI.