Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Analysis 105 100 21380 21050
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Commercial 305 280 22080 21440
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Communications 300 255 21410 21400
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Counter Fraud 520 425 21520 21440
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Debt 1945 1660 21110 20140
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Digital, Data & Technology 210 195 21650 21230
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Finance 990 800 21180 21130
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Grants Management 565 480 21000 21050
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Human Resources 1145 1005 21420 21130
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Internal Audit 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Legal 1820 1600 22140 21950
In post 2021 Female AA/AO No function 37975 32835 22040 21400
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Project Delivery 400 365 21800 21440
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Property 1050 930 21040 21100
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Security 905 865 24410 20920
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Unknown 31095 26140 21400 21010
In post 2021 Female EO Analysis 370 340 26260 25880
In post 2021 Female EO Commercial 510 475 26710 26670
In post 2021 Female EO Communications 1505 1415 26040 25560
In post 2021 Female EO Counter Fraud 1720 1560 26980 25560
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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.
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).