Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2021	Analysis	7210	6940	43200	38020
In post	2021	Commercial	6980	6775	46070	40580
In post	2021	Communications	8210	7915	34750	31810
In post	2021	Counter Fraud	9620	9055	33830	31810
In post	2021	Debt	4670	4220	23290	20140
In post	2021	Digital, Data & Technology	13590	13210	41550	38630
In post	2021	Finance	9400	8900	39160	34860
In post	2021	Grants Management	1895	1730	25520	21050
In post	2021	Human Resources	9585	9085	37580	33190
In post	2021	Internal Audit	765	730	46070	43080
In post	2021	Legal	14845	13735	44010	42180
In post	2021	No function	184935	172600	32860	29060
In post	2021	Project Delivery	28395	27435	41260	38630
In post	2021	Property	9315	8875	34450	32000
In post	2021	Security	8760	8575	31610	28130
In post	2021	Unknown	166710	153045	30730	27570
Leaver CS	2021	Analysis	270	[c]	35660	29540
Leaver CS	2021	Commercial	270	[c]	49040	40580
Leaver CS	2021	Communications	240	[c]	37380	33300
Leaver CS	2021	Counter Fraud	40	[c]	40670	35950

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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.
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).