Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Responsibility_level_grouped

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Status Year Function_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Analysis AA/AO 260 250 21790 21300
In post 2022 Analysis EO 870 835 26830 26440
In post 2022 Analysis G6/G7 2815 2685 58970 56450
In post 2022 Analysis SCS level 190 180 89270 81110
In post 2022 Analysis SEO/HEO 4320 4190 36270 36590
In post 2022 Commercial AA/AO 290 270 22580 21840
In post 2022 Commercial EO 760 730 26660 26460
In post 2022 Commercial G6/G7 2245 2205 61540 60490
In post 2022 Commercial SCS level 335 325 110740 104630
In post 2022 Commercial SEO/HEO 2820 2735 37320 37400
In post 2022 Commercial Unknown 165 165 40030 37400
In post 2022 Communications AA/AO 495 445 21820 21250
In post 2022 Communications EO 3240 3135 26940 26820
In post 2022 Communications G6/G7 1205 1165 58640 56370
In post 2022 Communications SCS level 135 135 92210 85000
In post 2022 Communications SEO/HEO 3460 3370 36560 34260
In post 2022 Communications Unknown 15 15 36710 31420
In post 2022 Counter Fraud AA/AO 2760 2390 22330 21260
In post 2022 Counter Fraud EO 7195 6605 28150 27570
In post 2022 Counter Fraud G6/G7 1315 1260 59540 55410
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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.
Organisation specific notes on status: In late June 2021 around 7,000 employees from Community Rehabilitation Companies were transferred in from the private sector to HM Prison and Probation Service, counting as entrants. HM Land Registry do not record where their departing employees transfer to and so are unable to identify those that transfer to another Civil Service department.
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.
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.
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).