Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Function_of_post

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Status Year Ethnicity Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Asian Analysis 425 415 42870 39030
In post 2021 Asian Commercial 275 265 41270 36420
In post 2021 Asian Communications 505 495 32700 30700
In post 2021 Asian Counter Fraud 610 585 32380 31810
In post 2021 Asian Debt 350 305 23860 24120
In post 2021 Asian Digital, Data & Technology 805 790 41230 36800
In post 2021 Asian Finance 745 720 38280 35000
In post 2021 Asian Grants Management 25 20 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Asian Human Resources 470 455 36870 33130
In post 2021 Asian Internal Audit 75 75 46320 44020
In post 2021 Asian Legal 1145 1065 42490 40850
In post 2021 Asian No function 9315 8730 32540 28680
In post 2021 Asian Project Delivery 1135 1110 41580 38600
In post 2021 Asian Property 310 295 34370 30680
In post 2021 Asian Security 220 220 31940 29880
In post 2021 Asian Unknown 12730 11640 29650 27570
In post 2021 Black Analysis 175 175 39610 36800
In post 2021 Black Commercial 185 180 40420 37000
In post 2021 Black Communications 205 200 32940 29570
In post 2021 Black Counter Fraud 250 245 31510 29570
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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).
Function_of_post Functions 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 functions 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.
Home Office, Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. “Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
For consistency with Civil Service Statistics, ‘Chinese’ is shown separately in the 2021 figures, but counted within ‘Asian’ from 2022 onwards.
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).