Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Function_of_post

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Analysis 105 100 21830 21160
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Commercial 335 315 22180 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Communications 300 265 21420 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 475 420 21420 21440
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Debt 1420 1255 20990 20140
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology 255 245 21950 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Finance 800 685 21270 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Grants Management 325 280 21010 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 1120 1010 21410 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Legal 1180 1090 22340 21950
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight No function 41625 37770 23140 21590
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Project Delivery 345 320 21450 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Property 1155 1080 20600 20880
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Security 3820 3730 26050 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 32880 29325 21430 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Analysis 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Commercial 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Communications 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Counter Fraud 25 25 [c] [c]
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
“Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).