6. Base salary full-time (in post) - national and regional only
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Base salary information of full-time social workers in post by role, sex, ethnicity, age and time in service.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children's social work workforce
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 426
- Geographic levels
- National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of full time social workers in post with base salary recorded (as at 30 September)
- Mean base salary of full time social workers in post (as at 30 September)
- Median base salary of full time social workers in post (as at 30 September)
- Filters
- Organisation role
- Sex
- Age group
- Time period
- 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | role | sex | age_group | ethnicity_major | time_in_service | inpost_full_time_base_salary_recorded | inpost_full_time_base_salary_mean | inpost_full_time_base_salary_median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32250 | 49231.93819 | 47181 | ||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | Less than 2 years | 10282 | 45224.9193 | 42839 | ||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 years or more but less than 5 years | 8890 | 47930.81485 | 45137.5 | ||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 years or more but less than 10 years | 6888 | 52114.25331 | 50269 | ||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 years or more but less than 20 years | 4287 | 54216.09126 | 53319 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age_group | Age group |
| ethnicity_major | Ethnicity major |
| inpost_full_time_base_salary_mean | Mean base salary of full time social workers in post (as at 30 September) |
| inpost_full_time_base_salary_median | Median base salary of full time social workers in post (as at 30 September) |
| inpost_full_time_base_salary_recorded | Number of full time social workers in post with base salary recorded (as at 30 September) |
Footnotes
- Age of the child and family social worker at 30 September of the reporting year.
- White comprises white British, white Irish, or any other white background.
- Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups comprises white and black Caribbean, white and black African, white and Asian, or any other mixed background.
- Asian / Asian British comprises Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, or any other Asian background.
- Black / African / Caribbean / Black British comprises black Caribbean, black African, or any other black background.
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Email: csww.stats@education.gov.ukContact name: Andy Brook