Data tables

Number of employees

  2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Number of employees 16,074 16,325 16,544 16,606
Number of employees (full-time equivalents) 13,269 13,767 13,854 13,924
% Full time 68.19 67.90 68.02 68.05
% Part time 31.81 32.10 31.98 31.95

Length of service (number of years)

Years 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
<2 18% 17% 20% 16%
2-5 22% 21% 19% 18%
5-10 19% 22% 23% 26%
10-15 14% 12% 9% 10%
15-20 17% 18% 18% 17%
20+ 9% 10% 11% 13%

As of April 2007

Ethnicity profile

  2005/06 2006/07
Asian Other 12% 11%
Bangladeshi 5% 6%
Black African 15% 12%
Black Caribbean 10% 10%
Black Other 6% 4%
Chinese 3% 2%
Indian 30% 28%
Pakistani 8% 8%
Other 11% 5%
Total % of employees
from an ethnic minority
8.63% 9.04%

This maintains a positive trend since 2001 and places Nationwide well above the average of 7.3% (HR Benchmarker Survey 2005).

Women managers (% of workforce)

2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
49.4% 51.0% 51.7% 52.5% 56.23%

Our profile compares extremely well against the financial services industry benchmark of 24.9%.

Senior women managers (% of senior team)

2005/06 2006/07
20.64% 27.75%

In 2006/07 on vacancies advertised, 16% of all applicants applying for senior vacancies were female and of those short listed 29% were female.

Our goal is to continue to provide equal opportunities and appoint on merit while still aspiring for at least 50% female representation in senior manager shortlists.

Employees aged 50 or over

2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
10.9% 11.7% 12.3% 12.9% 11.89%

Reduction due to fewer employees in the 50+ age group.

Employer investment in training

  2005/06 2006/07
Total investment £12.722m £13.292m
Proportion of above on external training £2.446m £1.922m
Average training cost £774 (per full-time employee) £800 (per employee)

Use of technology and an effective blend of learning approaches has helped us manage our average training cost per employee in the context of significant business changes in 2006/07.

Training days delivered / sponsorship for qualifications

  2005/06 2006/07
Training days delivered 32,313 48,705
Number of employees sponsored to study externally 232 235
Number of people gaining NVQs, degrees, professional qualifications 51 57