Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Commercial 5360 5175 40420 37420
In post 2021 Communications 3960 3830 41550 38540
In post 2021 Corporate Finance 165 160 47800 46080
In post 2021 Counter Fraud 895 855 38100 35240
In post 2021 Digital, Data and Technology 13290 12955 41770 38630
In post 2021 Economics 2165 2120 47120 43300
In post 2021 Finance 9165 8715 40350 36780
In post 2021 Human Resources 7865 7460 38650 33860
In post 2021 Inspector of Education and Training 860 835 66460 74730
In post 2021 Intelligence Analysis 3395 3255 35140 31510
In post 2021 Internal Audit 775 740 45800 42810
In post 2021 International Trade 1470 1450 46910 40920
In post 2021 Knowledge and Information Management 2385 2280 36810 33340
In post 2021 Legal 12145 11355 48080 49710
In post 2021 Medicine 2505 2245 56290 41720
In post 2021 Operational Delivery 176110 162025 28680 25830
In post 2021 Operational Research 1190 1145 44250 42490
In post 2021 Other 22665 21770 31860 26930
In post 2021 Planning 200 190 45970 40720
In post 2021 Planning Inspectors 345 305 57920 58810
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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).
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).