The data illustrates the proportion of employees across age categories in the British public sector in 2015 and 2020.
Overall, the proportion of people aged 31 to 40 and over 50 plummeted, whereas it increased for categories with ages 21-30 and 41-50.
To illustrate, while in 2015 employees over 50 years old made up 23%, 5 years later this number declined, comprising 16%. The number of workers who were from 31 to 40 years old decreased dramatically from 21% to 11%. A contrasting pattern could be observed in staff aged 21 to 30 and 41 to 50. For instance, the number of 21-to-30-year-olds rose by 10% in 2020, and that of people aged 41 to 50 reached 28%, beginning from 19%.
Comparimg with dramatical changes experienced by other age groups, the proportion of staff whose age was under 21 did not change considerably; it began with 14% in 2015 and fell to 12% in 2020.