Breakdown of number of staff in salary bands

Date published: 20/05/2025

FOI reference: FOI24/25 218

Date received: 17/03/2025

Date responded: 02/04/2025

Information requested

I am writing to request the following information under Freedom of Information legislation:

A breakdown of the number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees grouped by salary bands (e.g., £50,000–£55,000, £55,001–£60,000, etc.).
The number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher.
The number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher.
The number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher.

Response

1 A breakdown of the number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees grouped by salary bands (e.g., £50,000–£55,000, £55,001–£60,000, etc.).

The information is contained within the spreadsheet below.

2 The number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees whose annual salary is £50,000 or higher.

There are 265 employees whose salary is £50,000 or higher

3 The number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees whose annual salary is £80,000 or higher.

There are seven employees whose salary is £80,000 or higher

4 The number of Scottish Qualifications Authority employees whose annual salary is £100,000 or higher.

There are seven employees whose salary is £100,000 or higher.

Please note that the seven employees in numbers 3 and 4 are the same employees.

Documents:

Information sheet (9 KB)