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Employees (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Employees  
Schedule of number of employees by activity and segment
     
2025
Employees
  
2024
Employees
  
2023
Employees
By activity
        
Operations
     15,440        15,707        15,808  
Selling and distribution
     21,830        22,928        24,676  
Customer care and administration
     55,564        57,647        57,619  
  
 
   92,834
 
  
 
  96,282
 
  
 
  98,103
 
By segment
        
Germany
     14,341        15,115        15,242  
UK
     9,332        9,640        9,312  
Other Europe
     11,744        11,441        14,189  
Africa
     14,036        13,578        13,633  
Türkiye
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     3,164        3,126        3,688  
Vantage Towers
                   753  
Common Functions
     36,163        34,273        31,561  
  
 
88,780
 
  
 
87,173
 
  
 
88,378
 
Discontinued operations
     4,054        9,109        9,725  
Total
  
 
92,834
 
  
 
96,282
 
  
 
98,103
 
Schedule of cost incurred in respect of employees (including Directors)
The cost incurred in respect of these employees (including Directors) was:
 
     
2025
€m
  
2024
m
  
2023
m
Wages and salaries
        4,369          4,674          4,384  
Social security costs
     512        497        468  
Other pension costs (note 25 ‘Post employment benefits’)
     245        217        212  
Share-based payments (note 26 ‘Shared-based payments’)
     110        110        128  
  
 
5,236
 
  
 
5,498
 
  
 
5,192
 
Discontinued operations
     286        748        650  
Total
  
 
5,522
 
  
 
6,246
 
  
 
5,842
 
Note:
 
1.
In the year ended 31 March 2023, the segment was named Other Markets and also included the results of Vodafone Ghana which, as previously reported, was sold in February 2023. Other Markets was
re-named
to Türkiye because this segment comprised only Vodafone Türkiye in the years ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2025.