Higher Education Staff Statistics: UK, 2024/25

• Published by: Higher Education Statistics Agency
• Last updated: 23 February 2026
• Topic: Education
• Licence: Creative Commons Attribution

Summary

This bulletin provides details of staff employment at UK higher education (HE) providers on 1 December 2024. Detailed analysis of the HESA staff record is available in the Higher Education Staff Open Data.

This bulletin has been produced by Jisc in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Education, the Office for Students, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland. It has been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
Figure 5 - Academic staff (excluding atypical) by personal characteristics 2020/21 to 2024/25	CSV	23 February 2026	Preview
Figure 4 - All staff (excluding atypical) by mode of employment, contract marker and sex 2024/25	CSV	23 February 2026	Preview
Figure 3 - All staff (excluding atypical) by mode of employment and hourly paid marker 2024/25	CSV	23 February 2026	Preview
Figure 2 - Academic staff (excluding atypical) by employment conditions 2020/21 to 2024/25	CSV	23 February 2026	Preview
Figure 1 - All staff (excluding non-academic atypical) by activity standard occupational classification 2020/21 to 2024/25	CSV	23 February 2026	Preview

Supporting documents

Link to the document	Format	Date added
Higher Education Staff Statistics: UK, 2024/25	HTML	23 February 2026
Definitions	HTML	23 February 2026
Detailed Findings	HTML	23 February 2026
Detailed Findings	HTML	23 February 2026

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