Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Analysis AA/AO 105 100 21830 21160
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Analysis EO 420 400 26640 26410
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Analysis G6/G7 1625 1550 58520 56520
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Analysis SCS level 115 110 86210 78490
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Analysis SEO/HEO 2385 2305 36120 36030
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Commercial AA/AO 335 315 22180 21130
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Commercial EO 625 595 26880 26670
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Commercial G6/G7 795 770 61450 59720
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Commercial SCS level 150 150 106440 96970
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Commercial SEO/HEO 2120 2065 38390 37690
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Unknown 175 170 40250 38260
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Communications AA/AO 300 265 21420 21130
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Communications EO 1655 1590 25710 25560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Communications G6/G7 665 640 58130 56130
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Communications SCS level 85 80 89250 82070
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Communications SEO/HEO 2060 2010 35800 34550
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud AA/AO 475 420 21420 21440
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud EO 1945 1825 26930 25560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud G6/G7 745 720 57380 55010
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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).