Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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Status Year Profession_of_post Region_london Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Commercial London Analysis [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial London Commercial 700 685 47510 42470
In post 2021 Commercial London Communications [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial London Digital, Data & Technology [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial London Finance [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial London No function 110 110 52220 54110
In post 2021 Commercial London Project Delivery [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial London Security [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial London Unknown 55 55 42660 43180
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London Analysis 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London Commercial 3345 3225 38930 36710
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London Finance 15 15 43850 44280
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London Internal Audit [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London No function 175 170 39240 36780
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London Project Delivery 800 770 38600 34900
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London Property 35 35 43020 38640
In post 2021 Commercial Outside London Unknown 55 50 38410 38980
In post 2021 Commercial Overseas Commercial 35 35 49590 43300
In post 2021 Commercial Overseas Project Delivery [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial Unknown Commercial 10 10 35360 37130
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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).
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into “London”, “Outside London”: all UK regions excluding London, “Overseas”, and “Unknown”.
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.
Profession_of_post Professions 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 professions 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.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions 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).