Women are receiving a greater proportion of City job offers than a year ago, in a sign the recession may be narrowing the gender gap in the Square Mile, according to a survey by a leading recruitment company.

Women received 48.4 per cent of all job offers, up from 44.9 per cent this time last year, according to a survey of 1,244 City job offers by Joslin Rowe, the recruiter. The proportion of job offers received by men fell from 55.1 per cent last year to 51.6 per cent this year.