{"id":121792,"date":"2026-01-13T19:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/?p=121792"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:24:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:24:39","slug":"structural-shift-in-state-workforce-temporary-hires-fuel-2025-government-employment-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/structural-shift-in-state-workforce-temporary-hires-fuel-2025-government-employment-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Shift in State Workforce: Temporary Hires Fuel 2025 Government Employment Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Cyprus&#8217; government workforce saw a marginal expansion in 2025, driven by a significant reliance on temporary staff that offset a decline in permanent positions. According to a report by the Statistical Service (Cystat), the average total government employment for the year rose by 0.6% compared to 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">This overall increase was primarily sustained by a 6.1% surge in fixed-term employees, which balanced out a 4.8% reduction in the number of permanent civil servants over the course of the year.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"5\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Education Leads Sector Growth; Security and Public Service Contract<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The distribution of government roles shifted noticeably across different services by the end of the year. While some sectors expanded to meet social needs, others saw a slight reduction in headcount.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Educational Service:<\/b> Recorded the strongest performance with a 1.8% increase in staff.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Public Service:<\/b> Experienced a contraction of 0.9%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Security Forces:<\/b> Saw a marginal decline of 0.4%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"9\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">December 2025: A Year-End Snapshot<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\">By the close of December 2025, the total number of individuals employed by the state reached <b data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"93\">55,301<\/b>. This represents a modest year-on-year addition of 53 people (0.1%) compared to December 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11\">Interestingly, the December data showed a slight reversal in the broader annual trend for permanent staff; in this specific month, the number of permanent employees rose by 0.4%, while hourly-paid workers saw the largest decline (-0.7%) compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"13\"><b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Category Spotlight: The Indefinite vs. Definite Contract Divide<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"14\">The most dramatic fluctuations occurred within specific contract types:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" data-path-to-node=\"15\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Indefinite Growth in Education:<\/b> The Educational Service saw a staggering 23.5% jump in employees holding contracts of indefinite duration.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The Security Forces &#8220;Cliff&#8221;:<\/b> There was a massive 74% drop in employees with contracts of <i data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"89\">definite<\/i> duration within the Security Forces.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16\">The Statistical Service clarified that this sharp 74% decline in security contracts was not a result of mass layoffs but was primarily due to the completion and non-renewal of specific fixed-term contracts in July 2025.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"18\"><b data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Summary of Workforce Changes<\/b><\/h3>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"19\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Metric<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2025 Average Change (YoY)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Dec 2025 YoY Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Total Employment<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,1,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">+0.6%<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,1,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">+0.1%<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Fixed-Term Staff<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,2,1,0\">+6.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,2,2,0\">Mixed (Sector dependent)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Permanent Staff<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,3,1,0\">-4.8%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,3,2,0\">+0.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,4,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19,4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Hourly-Paid Staff<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,4,1,0\">N\/A<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"19,4,2,0\">-0.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"20\"><em>Source: Stockwatch.com.cy<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus&#8217; government workforce saw a marginal expansion in 2025, driven by a significant reliance on temporary staff that offset a decline in permanent positions. According to a report by the Statistical Service (Cystat), the average total government employment for the year rose by 0.6% compared to 2024. This overall increase was primarily sustained by a [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":121793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121794,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121792\/revisions\/121794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}