As a result of planned organisational change, there were 433 leavers this year, compared to 230 in 2017/18.
Over 60s make up 4.5% of the workforce, and represented over 5% of leavers this year.
Employees under 30 make up 10% of the workforce, but 19% of the leavers this year.
Applications and appointments
Over 60% of successfully appointed candidates were aged 16 to 34.
Job applicants by status and age group
| Age range |
Applied |
Shortlisted |
Appointed |
| 16 to 24 |
27.5% |
42.5% |
33.6% |
| 25 to 34 |
25.9% |
18.9% |
29.7% |
| 35 to 44 |
19.8% |
16.7% |
13.3% |
| 45 to 54 |
13.3% |
10.6% |
15.6% |
| 55 to 64 |
3.1% |
2.7% |
7.8% |
| 65 and over |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.0% |
| Not shared |
10.2% |
8.4% |
0.0% |
Note: the percentage of employees who share their diversity monitoring information is much lower for appointed staff, who must complete another declaration, than at application and shortlisting stage. External recruitment was controlled this year as part of the planned organisational change. This means that direct comparison is not possible across all stages of recruitment, or with previous years.
Promotions
Our data shows that 27% of the 144 permanent and temporary promotions were staff aged 30 or under - 56% were 31 to 50 years old and 17% were over 50.
Training
During 2018/19, 21 of the 64 participants of the NHS Digital Leadership Programme were over 45 years of age. Seven were under 35 and 36 were aged 36 to 45.