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Equality duties: pay gap report 2025

Published: 25 April 2025
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector

Scottish Government pay gap information in relation to gender, ethnicity and disability.

Occupational segregation

Some figures within the tables have been suppressed to protect confidential information where it relates to a small number of staff or where additional suppression has been required to prevent calculation of a figure suppressed for that reason, and is represented by [c] in the tables. For more details, please see the notes in the accompanying publication.

Table 2, 3 and 4 summarise data on the workforce composition from the download data of this publication: Diversity and inclusion of the Scottish Government workforce - 2024.

Vertical segregation

Table 2: female – male workforce composition by pay band

Pay band	Female %	Male %
A	56.6	43.4
B	58.9	41.1
C	56.6	43.4
SCS	51.3	48.7
Marine	[c]	[c]

Table 3: ethnic minority – white workforce composition by pay band

Pay band	Ethnic minority %	White %	Prefer not to say or not self-declared
A	3.7	54.1	42.2
B	4.2	73.9	21.8
C	[c]	81.6	[c]
SCS	[c]	48.1	[c]
Marine	[c]	85.8	[c]

Table 4: disabled – non-disabled workforce composition by pay band

Pay band	Disabled %	Non-disabled %	Prefer not to say or not self-declared
A	14.5	35.7	49.8
B	15.0	53.4	31.5
C	12.0	62.3	25.7
SCS	[c]	70.6	[c]
Marine	[c]	[c]	[c]

Horizontal segregation

Table 5: female – male workforce composition by job family

Job family	Female	Male
Built environment	85	114
Communications	182	104
Counter fraud	67	67
DDaT	562	897
Economics	29	66
Finance	282	235
Human resources	308	145
Internal audit	9	7
Knowledge and information management	69	40
Legal	198	88
Operational delivery	3649	2508
Operational research	13	25
Policy	2143	1392
Procurement	149	107
Professional advisor	94	39
Project delivery	285	247
Science and engineering	476	305
Security	25	39
Social research	130	40
Statistics	189	151
Tax	8	10
Veterinary	24	23

Table 6: ethnic minority – white workforce composition by job family

Job family	White	Ethnic minority	Prefer not to say	Not self-declared
Built Environment	150	[c]	[c]	40
Communications	211	5	[c]	69
Counter Fraud	95	6	[c]	31
DDaT	994	94	39	332
Economics	64	5	[c]	24
Finance	389	24	9	95
Human Resources	362	12	[c]	76
Internal Audit	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
Knowledge and Information Management	83	5	[c]	18
Legal	222	13	[c]	47
Operational Delivery	4095	206	101	1755
Operational Research	22	[c]	[c]	11
Policy	2920	144	61	410
Procurement	195	6	5	50
Professional Advisor	104	[c]	[c]	[c]
Project Delivery	415	17	9	91
Science and Engineering	574	22	12	173
Security	43	[c]	[c]	[c]
Social Research	128	9	5	28
Statistics	261	13	12	54
Tax	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
Veterinary	19	[c]	[c]	27

Table 7: disabled – non-disabled workforce composition by job family

Job family	Disabled	Not disabled	Prefer not to say	Unknown
Built Environment	19	116	8	56
Communications	30	151	6	99
Counter Fraud	21	69	6	38
DDaT	139	796	55	469
Economics	14	46	[c]	31
Finance	72	302	13	130
Human Resources	81	256	17	99
Internal Audit	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
Knowledge and Information Management	12	63	6	28
Legal	31	163	20	72
Operational Delivery	870	2885	208	2194
Operational Research	[c]	18	[c]	11
Policy	543	2108	143	741
Procurement	31	140	8	77
Professional Advisor	14	75	7	37
Project Delivery	73	317	14	128
Science and Engineering	116	421	24	220
Security	[c]	29	[c]	22
Social Research	32	99	5	34
Statistics	51	197	12	80
Tax	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
Veterinary	[c]	15	[c]	[c]

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Occupational segregation

Vertical segregation

Horizontal segregation