Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department

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Status Year Sex Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female Attorney General’s Departments 6380 5795 43720 43920
In post 2021 Female Cabinet Office 5040 4895 44370 35590
In post 2021 Female Chancellor’s other departments 180 170 53350 47140
In post 2021 Female Charity Commission 255 235 34360 29160
In post 2021 Female Competition and Markets Authority 430 410 58550 55860
In post 2021 Female Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 6485 6080 39070 35120
In post 2021 Female Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 960 930 48180 51730
In post 2021 Female Department for Education 4645 4400 43120 38400
In post 2021 Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 6195 5715 34880 30730
In post 2021 Female Department for International Trade 1265 1245 44620 38690
In post 2021 Female Department for Transport 7275 6405 30310 26470
In post 2021 Female Department for Work and Pensions 60835 52465 27470 27570
In post 2021 Female Department of Health and Social Care 7685 7090 43370 38220
In post 2021 Female ESTYN 65 60 53760 63880
In post 2021 Female Food Standards Agency 530 510 39290 37910
In post 2021 Female Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 4220 4080 46170 40420
In post 2021 Female HM Land Registry 3810 3360 30140 27130
In post 2021 Female HM Revenue and Customs 35050 30905 30180 25560
In post 2021 Female HM Treasury 1300 1245 46020 42100
In post 2021 Female Home Office 18315 16535 31370 27370
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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).