Chapter 2 - P rogramme 1 - Department of Defence

| Chapter 10 - Organisational Structure and Human Resources |
Employment and Vacancies
Annual Report FY 2007 - 2008 182
| Department of Defence |
Table 10.10 Employment and Vacancies by Programme, as at 31 March 2008
Programme Number of Posts
Number of
Employees
Vacancy Rate
Number of Posts
Filled Additional to
the Establishment
Administration 5 080 3 699 27.19% -1 381
Landward Defence 36 730 34 022 7.37% -2 708
Air Defence 12 653 10 603 16.20% -2 050
Maritime Defence 6 936 6 232 10.15% -704
Military Health Support 9 268 8 025 13.41% -1 243
Defence Intelligence 1 036 648 37.45% -388
Joint Support 14 252 9 931 30.32% -4 321
Force Employment 2 410 1 685 30.08% -725
TOTAL 88 365 74 845 15.30% -13 520
Note: The 88 365 posts refer only to the production posts captured on the post establishment, of which
78 243 were funded for FY 2007/08.
Table 10.11 Employment and Vacancies by Salary Band, as at 31 March 2008
Salary Band Number of Posts
Number of
Employees
Vacancy Rate
Number of Posts
Filled Additional to
the Establishment
Military Skills
Development System
0* 7 398 0.00% 7 398
Lower skilled (Levels 1-2) 10 833 6 915 36.17% -3 918
Skilled (Levels 3-5) 33 292 26 027 21.82% -7 265
Highly skilled production
(Levels 6-8)
33 309 25 230 24.25% -8 079
Highly skilled supervision
(Levels 9-12)
10 509 8 926 15.06% -1 583
Professionals (Level
13-16)
51 51 0.00% 0
Senior management
(Levels 13-16)
371 298 19.68% 73
TOTAL 88 365 74 845 15.30% -13 520
Note: The 88 365 posts refer only to the production posts captured on the post establishment and exclude
training posts.
*MSDS members are carried against production posts on the post establishment after the completion of
training.