The latest quarterly Scottish Government Workforce Information
statistics have been published today by Scotland's Chief
Statistician. These statistics cover the numbers of workers,
staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff up to the most
recent quarter ending September 2024.
The statistics show that:
- At the end of September 2024 there were 9,014 full time
equivalent (FTE) directly employed staff, an increase on last
year's figure of 8,771 (2.8%) at the end of September 2023.
- At the end of September 2024 99.5% of full time equivalent
(FTE) directly employed staff were permanent and 0.5% were
temporary. This is compared to last year (September 2023: 99%,
1%).
- There was a 17% decrease in the number (headcount) of
contingent (non-directly employed) workers from the end of
September 2023 (1,492) to the end of September 2024 (1,235),
a decrease of 257 workers.
- The staff sickness level was 8.6 average working days lost
(AWDL) per staff year in the 12 month period ending September
2024, compared with 8.1 AWDL for the 12 month period ending
September 2023. This equates to a loss of 3.8% of working days in
the 12 month period ending September 2024.
- Just over half (56.5%) of the workforce were female, compared
to 43.5% male. The proportion of female staff is slightly less
than that in the same period last year (56.6% September 2023).
- At the end of September 2024 the majority of staff were aged
between 30 and 59, broken down as follows: 30-39 (28.1%), 40-49
(27.7%), 50-59 (22.6%), 14.5% were aged 16-29, and 7% were aged
60 or over.
Background
The figures released today were produced in accordance with
professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics.
The full statistics are available at:
https://beta.gov.scot/publications/workforce-information/
The statistics contain quarterly data from March 2012 to
September 2024 and present:
- full time equivalent numbers and headcounts in each directly
employed staff category
- headcounts of contingent workers engaged in work for the
Scottish Government
- sickness absence levels of directly employed staff,
headcounts of directly employed staff by age, disability status,
ethnicity, sex, marital/civil partnership status, religion or
belief, and sexual orientation.
The Scottish Government uses the data internally for monitoring
the performance of its workforce. Other expected users of the
data in this publication are likely to include the general public
and media for information about the Scottish Government, and
other government departments for comparative purposes.
Official statistics are produced by professionally independent
statistical staff. More information on the standards of official
statistics in Scotland can be accessed at:
Statistics and research -
gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
