Employment monitoring report (2022-2023)

Workforce data and findings: Religion and belief

Headcount by Religion and Belief

76.3% (compared to 73.7% in 2021) of employees have stated their religion and belief. Wiltshire census data 2021 indicates that 50.2% of the Wiltshire population is Christian, 41.3% have no religion and 2.5% have other religion or belief. Low figures in some of the other religion or belief categories have meant that we are not able to include all data due to confidentiality reasons. Our unstated figure is 23.7% compared to 6.02% for the Wiltshire population (ONS, census 2021).

Religion and Belief	% of total Council headcount
Christian	34.3%
No religion	38.5
Other religion or belief	3.5%
Unstated	23.7%

Recruitment by Religion and Belief

A lower proportion of people appointed were Christian and from other religion or beliefs relative to the proportion of total applicants who were from those groups.

Total recruitment
Religion and Belief	% of total Applied	% of total Shortlisted	% of total Appointed
Christian	27.2%	28.3%	24.7%
No religion	43.9%	45.8%	44.2%
Other religion or belief	4.5%	2.2%	2.2%
Unstated	24.4%	23.7%	29%

Internal recruitment
Religion and Belief	% of total Applied	% of total Shortlisted	% of total Appointed
Christian	30.2%	30.3%	27.8%
No religion	49.4%	52%	54.5%
Other religion or belief	2.5%	2.3%	2.7%
Unstated	17.9%	15.4%	15%

Remuneration by Religion and Belief

Pay grade

The proportion of staff from 'other religion or beliefs' in the top pay grades has increased from 5.5% in 2021 to 6.6% in 2022.

Grades grouped	Christian	No religion	Other religion or belief	All Staff
B / C	5.4%	3.3%	3.6%	6.5%
D / E	12.5%	12.2%	12.6%	15.2%
F / G	17.2%	14.5%	16.8%	15.1%
H / I	24.5%	28.5%	26.3%	26.7%
J / K	18.6%	20.2%	18.6%	17.1%
L / M	12.6%	12.6%	15.6%	11.2%
N / O / Hay	9.2%	8.8%	6.6%	8.1%