FOI 073/20/21 
 
Defence External Workforce Census 
The Defence External Workforce Census (Census) only commenced in July 2019 and is 
conducted biannually. There has only been two Census’ completed to date. The Consultants, 
Contractors and Outsourced Service Providers (OSPs) Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) figures are 
provided below: 
 
Workforce 
March 2020  
July 2019 
FTE 
FTE 
Contractors 
6,567 
4,669 
Consultants 
255 
250 
OSPs 
21,811 
18,405 
Total 
28,632 
23,323 
 

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