Higher education staff in Wales by personal characteristics and standard occupational classification

Table

Data values	Data description	Academic year	Institution	Personal characteristics	Sex	Contract type	Contract mode	Occupation
11,085	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	All
80	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Managers, directors and senior officials
10,965	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Professional occupations
40	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Clerical and manual occupations
6,775	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	All
65	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
6,675	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Professional occupations
30	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Clerical and manual occupations
4,310	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	All
15	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
4,290	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Professional occupations
10	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Clerical and manual occupations
10,910	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	All
1,025	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Managers, directors and senior officials
3,035	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Professional occupations
2,010	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Associate professional and technical occupations
4,840	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Clerical and manual occupations
3,505	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Administrative and secretarial occupations
290	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Skilled trades occupations
210	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Caring, leisure and other service occupations
80	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Sales and customer service occupations
30	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Process, plant and machine operatives
725	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Elementary occupations
8,040	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	All
915	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
2,345	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Professional occupations
1,575	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
3,200	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Clerical and manual occupations
2,470	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Administrative and secretarial occupations
265	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Skilled trades occupations
120	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Caring, leisure and other service occupations
45	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Sales and customer service occupations
30	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Process, plant and machine operatives
275	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Elementary occupations
2,870	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	All
110	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
685	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Professional occupations
435	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
1,640	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Clerical and manual occupations
1,035	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Administrative and secretarial occupations
25	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Skilled trades occupations
90	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Caring, leisure and other service occupations
35	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Sales and customer service occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Process, plant and machine operatives
450	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Non-academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Elementary occupations
1,170	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	All modes	All
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	All modes	Managers, directors and senior officials
1,170	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	All modes	Professional occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	All modes	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	All modes	Clerical and manual occupations
25	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Full-time	All
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Full-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
25	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Full-time	Professional occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Full-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Full-time	Clerical and manual occupations
1,145	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Part-time	All
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Part-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
1,145	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Part-time	Professional occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Part-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	All	Academic, atypical	Part-time	Clerical and manual occupations
5,495	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	All
30	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Managers, directors and senior officials
5,445	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Professional occupations
20	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	All modes	Clerical and manual occupations
3,085	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	All
20	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
3,050	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Professional occupations
15	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Clerical and manual occupations
2,410	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	All
10	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
2,395	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Professional occupations
5	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Academic, non-atypical	Part-time	Clerical and manual occupations
6,825	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	All
620	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Managers, directors and senior officials
1,860	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Professional occupations
1,110	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Associate professional and technical occupations
3,245	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Clerical and manual occupations
2,650	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Administrative and secretarial occupations
60	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Skilled trades occupations
100	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Caring, leisure and other service occupations
45	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Sales and customer service occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Process, plant and machine operatives
390	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	All modes	Elementary occupations
4,545	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	All
520	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Managers, directors and senior officials
1,290	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Professional occupations
795	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Associate professional and technical occupations
1,940	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Clerical and manual occupations
1,765	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Administrative and secretarial occupations
45	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Skilled trades occupations
45	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Caring, leisure and other service occupations
20	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Sales and customer service occupations
0	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Process, plant and machine operatives
65	Full-person equivalent	2024/25	All	All age groups	Female	Non-academic, non-atypical	Full-time	Elementary occupations

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Metadata

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Next update expected:February 2027

Updates

• 24th February 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider: Higher Education Statistics Agency
• Data source: Staff record

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  The data shows the number of staff at universities in Wales, either as a full-person equivalent or full-time equivalent.

  The data can be broken down by:

  • Academic year

  • Contract mode - full-time or part-time.

  • Contract type – either non-academic, academic non-atypical, or academic atypical. See the data collection section for more information about these.

  • Institution

  • Occupation – based on the Standard Occupational Classification 2020 for 2023/24 onwards, and the Standard Occupational Classification 2010 for 2022/23 and earlier.

  • Personal characteristics – age group, disability status or ethnicity.

  • Sex - the sex of the staff as opposed to the gender with which they identify. Staff where this has been returned as 'Other', 'Not available' or 'Information refused' are included in the total figures.

• Data collection or calculation:

  The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects data about the characteristics of staff employed under a contract of employment at a reporting higher education provider in the UK. In Wales, it is the eight universities who return data about their staff. The Open University also return data about their staff, however it isn't possible to identify the staff for provision to Welsh students separately so the Open University is not included in this data.

  Full-person equivalent populations

  For staff on non-atypical contracts the data includes those whose contracts that were active on 1 December within the reporting period, for example for 2024/25 all contracts active on 1 December 2024.

  For staff on atypical contracts the data includes staff members whose only active contracts during the reporting period were atypical contracts.

  Full-person equivalent when a staff member has multiple contracts

  If a member of staff has an academic contract to work 3 days a week and a non-academic contract to work 1 day a week would be counted as 0.75 members of staff with an academic contract and 0.25 members of staff with a non-academic contract.

  Full-time equivalent population

  Full-time equivalent (FTE) indicates the proportion of a full-time year being undertaken over the course of the reporting period 1 August to 31 July. The FTE is therefore counted using a population of staff who were active during the reporting period, not just on a given snapshot date.

  Academic contracts

  Academic contract staff are defined as professionals holding a contract for planning, directing and undertaking academic teaching and research within HE institutions. Examples of such contracts include those for vice-chancellors, medical practitioners, dentists, veterinarians and other health care professionals who undertake lecturing or research activities.

  Non-academic contracts

  Non-academic contract staff are defined as members of staff who are not holders of an academic contract, including managers, non-academic professionals, student welfare workers, secretaries, caretakers and cleaners.

  Atypical contracts

  Atypical staff are those whose contracts involve working arrangements that are not permanent, involve complex employment relationships and/or involve work away from the supervision of the normal work provider.

• Statistical quality:

  Age

  Age as at 31 August in the reporting year, e.g. 31 August 2024 for 2024/25.

  Disability

  Disability information is collected based on a staff member’s self-assessment and they are not obliged to report any disabilities they have.

  Ethnicity

  Ethnicity information is collected based on a staff member’s self-assessment and they are not obliged to report their ethnicity.

  Sex

  This is the sex of the member of staff, as opposed to the gender with which they identify.

  From 2022/23, additional guidance was included to providers to say sex should be based on what is recorded in the person's legal documents such as their birth certificate, Gender Recognition Certificate, or passport. The Other category should only be used only for a third sex that is legally recognised by another country. Options to return staff as ‘Information refused’ or ‘Not available’ were also introduced in 2022/23.

  Prior to 2022/23 the sex field was based on a person's choice of sex and the Other category included those whose sex aligns with terms such as intersex, androgyne, intergender, ambigender, gender fluid, polygender and gender queer.

• Rounding applied:

  Figures are rounded to the nearest 5. Totals are calculated on unrounded figures and then rounded to the nearest 5 so may not equal the sum of the constituent parts.

  Percentages are calculated using the unrounded figures. This may mean the percentages may not match what would be calculated using rounded figures.

• Related reports:
  • Staff at Higher Education Institutions, 2024/25 (Welsh)
  • Staff at Higher Education Institutions, 2024/25 (English)

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• Organisation: Medr
• Contact email: HEStats@medr.cymru