Diversity and Inclusion Employment Monitoring Report 2025

Disability

The figures from the census 2021 indicate that 16.4% of the population in Wiltshire have their day-to-day activities limited a little or a lot because of a health condition or disability.

14.6% of the workforce has declared a disability compared to 13.0% in last year's report (where this information has been disclosed).

50.8% of staff have disclosed this data. Last year the figure was 81.0% (see note on changes to EDI data sources in Methodology section).

Total recruitment

6.8% of people appointed were disabled compared to 8.4% last year.

9.0% of applicants were disabled compared to 7.3% last year.

Applications with Unstated disability information fell from 27.6% to 14.7%. Unstated appointees fell from 32.1% to 26.7%.

Total recruitment
Disability	% ot total applied	% of total shortlisted	% of total appointed
Disabled	9.0%	9.4%	6.8%
Not disabled	91.0%	90.6%	93.2%

Internal recruitment

10.4% of people appointed internally were disabled compared to 9.0% last year.

14.6% of internal applicants were disabled compared to 10.3% last year.

Internal recruitment
Disability	% of total applied	% of total shortlisted	% of total appointed
Disabled	14.6%	12.3%	10.4%
Not disabled	85.4%	87.7%	89.6%

Leavers

Disabled staff accounted for 12.1% of leavers, lower than the headcount figure of 14.6%. The resignations percent for Disabled staff was 49.1%, compared to 62.9% for all groups.

The main reasons for leaving for disabled employees was resignation followed by retirement.

Leavers
Disability	All leavers	Voluntary leavers
Disabled	12.1%	10.8%
Not disabled	87.9%	89.2%

Remuneration, Pay Gap, and Pay Quartiles

Staff with a disability are proportionally under-represented in the highest (N/O/Hay) grades, remaining at the same level as in 2023 - 8.2%, compared to the 2024 headcount figure of 14.6%. In grades L/M, the figure has increased from 11.2% to 15.1%. 13.3% of disabled staff are in Grades B/C compared to 9.7% last year.

The mean disability pay gap has decreased slightly from 4.8% in 2023 to 4.0% in 2024. The median pay gap has decreased from 3.0% in 2023 to 0.0% in 2024. An increase in staff declaring as Disabled means all pay quartiles show an increase. Disabled staff in the Upper quartile rose from 11.5% to 13.2%.

Pay grade
Grades grouped	Disabled	Not disabled
N / O / Hay	8.2%	91.8%
L / M	15.1%	84.9%
J / K	15.0%	85.0%
H / I	14.2%	85.8%
F / G	18.7%	81.3%
D / E	14.0%	86.0%
B / C	13.3%	86.7%

Hourly rate average
Hourly rate of pay	Disabled	Not disabled
Mean hourly rate	£17.59	£18.33
Median hourly rate	£16.61	£16.61

Mean pay gap: 4.0%

Median pay gap: 0.00%

Pay quartiles
Pay quartiles	Disabled	Not disabled
Upper quartile	11.5%	88.5%
Upper middle quartile	13.2%	86.8%
Lower middle quartile	14.5%	85.5%
Lower quartile	13.7%	86.3%

Disciplinary and Grievance Cases

Disabled employees accounted for 40.0% of grievances and 25.8% of disciplinaries, compared to 37.5% and 29.8% in 2023. The number of cases is low, however this will be looked at in more detail.

Disciplinary and Grievance cases by Disability
Case type	Disabled	Not disabled
Disciplinary	25.8%	74.2%
Grievance	40.0%	60.0%

Wiltshire Leadership Programme Attendance

Participation in the Wiltshire leadership training by disabled employees was 13.0%, which is in line with the proportion of disabled employees in the workforce.