Scottish Government Workforce Statistics June 2025 8857 down from last year 8911

17th September 2025

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 June 2025.

The statistics show that:

At the end of June 2025 there were 8,857 full time equivalent (FTE) directly employed staff, a decrease on last year’s figure of 8,911 (0.6%) at the end of June 2024.

At the end of June 2025, 99.4% of full time equivalent (FTE) directly employed staff were permanent and 0.6% were temporary. Last year, in June 2024, these were 99.5% and 0.5%, respectively.
There was a 13.6% decrease in the number (headcount) of contingent (non-directly employed) workers from the end of June 2024 (1,214) to the end of June 2025 (1,049), a decrease of 165 workers.

The staff sickness level was 8.4 average working days lost (AWDL) per staff year in the 12 month period ending June 2025. This equates to a loss of 3.7% of working days in the 12 month period ending June 2025. The 12 month period ending June 2024 also had a staff sickness level of 8.4 average working days lost (AWDL) per staff year.

Just over half (56.7%) of the workforce were female, compared to 43.3% male. The proportion of female staff is slightly higher than that in the same period last year (56.4% June 2024).

At the end of June 2025, the majority of staff were aged between 30 and 59, broken down as follows: 30-39 (29.0%), 40-49 (28.6%), 50-59 (22.5%). 12.8% of staff were aged 16-29, and 7.2% were aged 60 or over.

Detailed statistics on the diversity and inclusion of the Scottish Government workforce, including the 2024 People Survey demographic data, are available at https://data.gov.scot/workforce-diversity-2024-update/.