Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Age Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 16-19 Commercial 10 10 23240 22330
In post 2021 16-19 Communications 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Digital, Data and Technology 25 25 21800 21040
In post 2021 16-19 Economics 30 30 25880 26250
In post 2021 16-19 Finance 40 35 20560 20140
In post 2021 16-19 Human Resources 15 15 22240 21990
In post 2021 16-19 International Trade [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Knowledge and Information Management [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Operational Delivery 420 390 21200 21050
In post 2021 16-19 Operational Research [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Other 85 85 19700 17780
In post 2021 16-19 Policy 40 40 24720 24780
In post 2021 16-19 Project Delivery 10 10 23210 21400
In post 2021 16-19 Property 25 25 22250 21600
In post 2021 16-19 Science and Engineering 120 120 17700 17710
In post 2021 16-19 Security 20 20 21740 19560
In post 2021 16-19 Statistics [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Tax 150 145 20350 20140
In post 2021 16-19 Unknown 320 315 22300 21010
In post 2021 20-29 Commercial 850 840 30750 29550
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2023-02-14, with GIT 71a76ea.

Data column Description
Status Employment status of the civil servants.
In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Five organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
The Department for Work and Pensions provided aggregated professions data for 2021, which are available in the Civil Service Statistics publication. However, figures in this browser are derived from individual level data and so are not available for this department in 2021.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions information for their employees.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
Mean_salary Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
Median_salary Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).