Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis 2175 2040 43150 38630
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial 2210 2105 39780 35610
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications 2600 2450 36340 31810
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 2805 2560 33020 31810
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Debt 1275 1090 24070 21440
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology 3060 2905 40610 37100
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Finance 3650 3375 37690 33300
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Grants Management 470 400 26080 25100
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 5140 4800 37840 33300
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 295 280 43600 41550
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Legal 5895 5380 44210 43530
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight No function 64560 58750 32120 27960
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Project Delivery 9085 8600 39990 36500
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Property 2545 2355 33380 31100
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Security 1370 1315 32050 29250
In post 2021 Female Heterosexual / straight Unknown 68860 61490 30050 27570
In post 2021 Female LGBO Analysis 205 200 39780 36160
In post 2021 Female LGBO Commercial 75 75 36860 33000
In post 2021 Female LGBO Communications 140 135 34300 31810
In post 2021 Female LGBO Counter Fraud 145 140 33560 29570
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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.
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).