Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Function_of_post Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis Female AA/AO 105 100 21380 21050
In post 2021 Analysis Female EO 370 340 26260 25880
In post 2021 Analysis Female G6/G7 1015 935 57880 55970
In post 2021 Analysis Female SCS level 65 60 88120 79520
In post 2021 Analysis Female SEO/HEO 1705 1615 35740 36030
In post 2021 Analysis Female Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Male AA/AO 100 95 21750 21260
In post 2021 Analysis Male EO 360 355 26720 26410
In post 2021 Analysis Male G6/G7 1395 1370 58800 56520
In post 2021 Analysis Male SCS level 95 90 89390 79930
In post 2021 Analysis Male SEO/HEO 1975 1945 35970 36030
In post 2021 Analysis Male Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Unknown AA/AO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Unknown EO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Unknown G6/G7 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Unknown SEO/HEO 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial Female AA/AO 305 280 22080 21440
In post 2021 Commercial Female EO 510 475 26710 26670
In post 2021 Commercial Female G6/G7 805 780 60520 56040
In post 2021 Commercial Female SCS level 230 220 88300 73000
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).