Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female Analysis 3255 3050 42130 37320
In post 2021 Female Commercial 3535 3370 43090 38160
In post 2021 Female Communications 4295 4055 35540 31810
In post 2021 Female Counter Fraud 4520 4120 32380 31810
In post 2021 Female Debt 2645 2280 23310 21440
In post 2021 Female Digital, Data & Technology 4990 4745 40330 37100
In post 2021 Female Finance 5280 4865 36830 32890
In post 2021 Female Grants Management 1095 950 25070 21050
In post 2021 Female Human Resources 6680 6240 37220 32840
In post 2021 Female Internal Audit 390 365 43980 41340
In post 2021 Female Legal 9710 8765 42680 39730
In post 2021 Female No function 99355 90225 31550 27260
In post 2021 Female Project Delivery 12620 11950 40070 36800
In post 2021 Female Property 3880 3580 32370 29760
In post 2021 Female Security 2060 1985 32040 29200
In post 2021 Female Unknown 98365 87055 29790 27570
In post 2021 Male Analysis 3920 3850 44170 38990
In post 2021 Male Commercial 3445 3405 49110 42200
In post 2021 Male Communications 3915 3860 33890 29830
In post 2021 Male Counter Fraud 5100 4935 35110 31810
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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).
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.
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).