Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sex / Organisation

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Status Year Function_of_post Sex Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis Female Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 210 195 30970 29270
In post 2021 Analysis Female Charity Commission 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Competition and Markets Authority 55 50 57500 56360
In post 2021 Analysis Female Crown Prosecution Service 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Debt Management Office 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Defence Electronics and Components Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 140 130 37880 37320
In post 2021 Analysis Female Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (excl. agencies) 105 100 42610 35640
In post 2021 Analysis Female Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 55 50 53780 59730
In post 2021 Analysis Female Department for Education (excl. agencies) 220 200 43850 42580
In post 2021 Analysis Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) 35 35 37730 35900
In post 2021 Analysis Female Department for International Trade 100 100 41910 38160
In post 2021 Analysis Female Department for Transport (excl. agencies) 175 165 47630 44030
In post 2021 Analysis Female Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) 145 135 52140 53360
In post 2021 Analysis Female Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female Education and Skills Funding Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Female ESTYN [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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).
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).