Breakdown of full pay relevant staff

Breakdown of full pay relevant staff

The table below shows the breakdown of full pay relevant staff included within GPG calculations from March 2017 to March 2024.

  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Breakdown of full pay relevant staff Number of staff  % of total Number of staff  % of total Number of staff % of total Number of staff % of total Number of staff % of total Number of staff % of total Number of staff % of total Number of staff % of total Number of staff % of total
Basic pay 2833 82.7% 2898 78.47% 2663 69.19% 2271 54.1% 2534 58.13% 2437 57.71% 2570 59.00% 2728 60.25% 2,941 60.3%
Basic pay plus additional allowance(s)* 125 3.6% 33 0.89% 452 11.74% 1,043 24.8% 930 21.34% 1,064 25.20% 1,036 23.78% 1,013 22.37% 1,106 22.4%
Basic Pay plus additional allowance(s) and Salary Sacrifice 15 0.4% 9 0.24% 7 0.18% 40 1.0% 61 1.40% 24 0.57% 47 1.08% 62 1.37% 67 1.4%
Basic Pay and Salary Sacrifice 377 11.0% 448 12.13% 404 10.50% 378 9.0% 394 9.04% 276 6.54% 284 6.52% 317 7.00% 408 7.0%
Term Time Only staff 59 1.7% 58 1.57% 58 1.51% 83 2.0% 75 1.72% 76 1.80% 74 1.70% 76 1.68% 86 1.7%
Term Time Only staff with additional allowance(s) 0 0.0% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 1 0.0% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.07% 2 0.04% 2 0.0%
Term Time Only staff with SalarySacrifice 0 0.0% 0 0.00% 3 0.08% 3 0.1% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% 2 0.0%
Casual employee basic pay** 16 0.5% 247 6.69% 261 6.78% 327 7.8% 360 8.26% 288 6.82% 276 6.34% 263 5.81% 241 5.8%
Casual employee basic pay and additional allowance 0 0.0% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 53 1.3% 5 0.11% 58 1.37% 64 1.47% 66 1.46% 60 1.5%
Total  3426 3693 3849 4199 4359 4223 4356 4528 4913

From the data tables above the following can be seen:

  • The number of staff contributing to salary sacrifice schemes has increased in 2025, compared to last year.
  • A slightly lower number of casual employees were included within the 2025 (241) GPG compared to previous year 2024 (263).

Full time / Part-time

The table below shows the breakdown of full pay relevant staff included within GPG calculations from March 2017 to March 2025. From this, it can be seen that more women work part time than men.

Gender 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Women % Male % Women % Men % Women % Male % Women % Men % Women % Men % Women % Men % Women % Men % Women % Men % Women % Men %
Full time 60.5% 39.5% 62.4% 37.6% 63.1% 36.9% 63.8% 36.2% 64.3% 35.7% 64.5% 35.5% 65.6% 34.4% 64.7% 35.3% 65.5% 34.5%
Part time 82.3% 17.7% 88.2% 11.8% 87.9% 12.1% 80.8% 19.2% 80.2% 19.8% 79.6% 20.4% 80.2% 19.8% 81.3% 18.7% 80.6% 19.4%
Total 68.5% 31.5% 69.3% 30.7% 69.6% 30.4% 69.3% 30.7% 69.2% 30.8% 69.1% 30.9% 69.9% 30.1% 69.6% 30.4% 69.9% 30.1%

Full time / Part-time Mean & Median pay

The tables below show the mean and median hourly pay rates for full time and part time employees by gender as at 31 March 2025.

  Mean hourly rate Mean gender pay gap
Female Male (FT/PT)
Full time £20.22 £20.45 1.1%
Part time £19.50 £19.35 -0.8%
Gloucestershire County Council £19.98 £20.24 1.3%
  Median hourly rate Median gender pay gap
Female Male (FT/PT)
Full time £18.71 £18.87 -0.2%
Part time £17.97 £18.05 0.4%
Gloucestershire County Council £18.25 £18.44 1.0%

(Part time is defined as working less than 30 hours per week).

The mean and median hourly pay for part time employees for both men and women is lower than full time employees. When both the full time and part time pay rates are examined in isolation, it can be seen that there is a negative mean gender pay gap (women paid more than men) for part time employee pay rates and a negative median gender pay gap (women paid more than men) for full time employee pay rates. However, as more women work part time than men the lower hourly pay rates in these roles will continue to contribute to the overall gender pay gap within the council.

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