Workforce profile

Gloucestershire County Council’s headcount as at 31 March 2025

Text: In 2025 GCC had 4,913 GPG reporting relevant staff. This is more than last year (4,528 in 2024), and higher than previous years (3,426 in 2017; 3,693 in 2018; 3,849 in 2019; 4,199 in 2020; 4,359 in 2021; 4,223 in 2022; 4,356 in 2023). In GPG 2025 there were 385 more GPG relevant staff than in 2024. In 2025 there remains a higher proportion of women (69.9%) which is consistent with previous years. The workforce gender profile has maintained consistent throughout the reporting periods from 2017 to 2025 (ranging from 68.5% to 69.9% female).

Of the 4,913 GPG reporting relevant staff, 4,617 were permanent or fixed term (i.e. staff cohort usually counted within GCC corporate workforce reporting) and 296 were zero hour / casual / temporary staff.