Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex

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Status Year Parent_department Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Female 6380 5795 43720 43920
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Male 3455 3380 47590 50500
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Female 5040 4895 44370 35590
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Male 4415 4380 49300 40600
In post 2021 Chancellor’s other departments Female 180 170 53350 47140
In post 2021 Chancellor’s other departments Male 225 220 62910 52250
In post 2021 Charity Commission Female 255 235 34360 29160
In post 2021 Charity Commission Male 185 180 35510 29550
In post 2021 Competition and Markets Authority Female 430 410 58550 55860
In post 2021 Competition and Markets Authority Male 410 405 62650 59140
In post 2021 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Female 6485 6080 39070 35120
In post 2021 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Male 6675 6545 43190 40050
In post 2021 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Female 960 930 48180 51730
In post 2021 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Male 815 810 50260 51730
In post 2021 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Department for Education Female 4645 4400 43120 38400
In post 2021 Department for Education Male 3285 3255 44760 40510
In post 2021 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Female 6195 5715 34880 30730
In post 2021 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Male 4850 4755 37450 33120
In post 2021 Department for International Trade Female 1265 1245 44620 38690
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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.
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).