Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Function_of_post

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Status Year Parent_department Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Analysis 20 20 38670 38180
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Commercial 25 25 45210 40000
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Communications 85 85 43010 39750
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Counter Fraud 245 240 45590 40000
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Digital, Data & Technology 175 170 39850 38180
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Finance 150 140 36780 31330
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Human Resources 215 210 39830 33930
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Legal 8720 8090 45470 49580
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments No function 90 85 41110 38450
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Project Delivery 40 40 46640 38850
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Property [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Security 25 25 39360 35650
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 55 50 56040 56150
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Analysis 25 25 41800 35070
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Commercial 1415 1395 70640 64500
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Communications 340 340 47060 42150
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Counter Fraud 95 90 47100 49700
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Digital, Data & Technology 970 955 51340 54700
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Finance 90 90 46340 41820
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Human Resources 1120 1070 39180 35590
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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).