Publication - Statistics

Building Standards Workforce Data Collection Analysis Report 2022

Published: 13 June 2023
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Public sector, Work and skills
ISBN: 9781805259107

The Building Standards Workforce Data Collection Analysis Report 2022 provides a national-level view of the challenges facing the building standards profession in relation to resourcing, development of competencies and levels of turnover.

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9.0 Length of Service

9.1. There is an increasing trend with 41% of the workforce having a length of service less than 10 years compared with 38% in 2021. See Table 5.

9.2. A third of the workforce 176 (31%) has a length of service over 21 years which is a reduction from 33% in 2021.

Table 5: Length of Service
Year Range	2020	2021	2022	Difference from 2021 (+/-)
41+	6	9	7	-2
36-40	37	32	28	-4
31-35	51	62	62	0
26-30	60	46	41	-5
21-25	47	48	45	-3
16-20	75	92	90	-2
11-15	83	64	58	-6
6-10	57	68	71	+3
0-5	157	148	157	+9
Total	573	569	559	-10

the length of overall building standards service of permanent employees, by length of service category — Illustration 4 – Length of Overall Building Standards Service

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9.0 Length of Service

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