A larger proportion of City job offers are being made to women, a survey by financial recruiter Joslin Rowe shows.

According to the findings, women received 48.4% of all job offers, compared with 44.9% this time last year.

In contrast, offers to men went down from 55.1% to 51.6%.

Tara Hicks, managing director of Josline Rowe, says: “Banks and investment managers know that securing top talent is vital to drive their businesses forward through the recession. Nothing else matters bar the skills a candidate can bring to the table.”