Employee Equality Report 2024

Council profile

SCC Headcount 2020 to 2024

Year on year comparison

  • as of 31 March 2024, 1809 employees were employed by the Council, this is a Full Time Equivalent (FTE) of 1376 employees.
  • the total headcount has decreased by 34 from the previous year.
  • full time employees make up 76% of our workforce.
  • part time employees make up 24% of our workforce this year
Use first column for employee then move across for 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24.
Employee 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24
Headcount 1,831 1,799 1,851 1,843 1809
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) 1,587 1,577 1,637 1,634 1376
Percentage full time 86.6% 87.6% 88.4% 88.6% 76%
Percentage part time 13.4% 12.4% 11.6% 11.4% 24%

Full / part time 2020 to 2024

Year on year comparison

  • our part time workforce has more than doubled in 1 year. From 209 to 433 part time employees
  • part time working is seen as on the rise, with a total change of 13% in one year, from making up 11% of our workforce to 24%
  • 76% of employees work Full Time, a decrease from 89% last year
  • in previous years, workforce composition had remained similar, varying 0-1% each year
Use first column for year then move across column for full time to part time percentage and then change in part time percentage of workforce.
Year Full time to part time percentage Change in part time percentage of workforce
2020/21 88:12 Down 1%
2021/22 88:12 No change at 0%
2022/23 89:11 Down 1%
2023/24 76:24 Up 13%
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