Scottish Government workforce information
- Last updated
- 6 June 2025 - see all updates
- Directorate
- People Directorate
- Topic
- Public sector
Information on the Scottish Government’s workforce for each quarter from 2012.
This Official Statistics publication presents data on the Scottish Government's workforce for each quarter from 2012.
The statistics show:
- numbers of directly employed staff by category
- numbers of non-directly employed workers by category
- staff sickness absence
- staff diversity information.
Quarterly updates to the tables and charts in the publication are released in March, June, September, and December.
Quarterly update
The latest period to end is March 2025 and was published in June 2025. Please see attached excel file.
- File type
- Excel document
- File size
- 182.3 kB
- First published
- 7 December 2016
- Last updated
- 6 June 2025 - show all updates
- All updates
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Updated to include 2025 Q1 data.
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Updated publication date and dates in 'Content' section.
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Uploaded final tables and charts sheet
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Updated to include 2024 Q3 data.
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Updated to include 2024 Q2 data.
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Updated to include 2023 Q4 data.
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Updated to include 2023 Q2 data.
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Updated to include 2021 Q1 data.
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Updated to include 2022 Q4 data.
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Updated to include 2022 Q3 data.
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