Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department

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Status Year Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments 9835 9175 45080 48080
In post 2021 Cabinet Office 9455 9275 46670 38230
In post 2021 Chancellor’s other departments 405 390 58670 49690
In post 2021 Charity Commission 440 415 34850 29160
In post 2021 Competition and Markets Authority 840 815 60550 56360
In post 2021 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 13160 12625 41160 39490
In post 2021 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1780 1745 49140 51730
In post 2021 Department for Education 7930 7655 43800 40230
In post 2021 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 11040 10475 36010 32560
In post 2021 Department for International Trade 2690 2660 45830 39930
In post 2021 Department for Transport 15970 14815 32910 26780
In post 2021 Department for Work and Pensions 93525 83835 28080 27570
In post 2021 Department of Health and Social Care 11755 11035 45220 40070
In post 2021 ESTYN 115 105 58000 74730
In post 2021 Food Standards Agency 1310 1275 37260 32830
In post 2021 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 8635 8450 47410 42760
In post 2021 HM Land Registry 6350 5765 31090 27130
In post 2021 HM Revenue and Customs 66480 61090 31310 27400
In post 2021 HM Treasury 2670 2605 48130 48780
In post 2021 Home Office 35375 32875 31970 27370
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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.
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).