Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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

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Status Year Function_of_post Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Analysis Female AA/AO 135 130 21850 21510
In post 2022 Analysis Female EO 450 420 26750 26350
In post 2022 Analysis Female G6/G7 1230 1135 58480 55840
In post 2022 Analysis Female SCS level 80 75 85190 79590
In post 2022 Analysis Female SEO/HEO 2075 1975 36180 36580
In post 2022 Analysis Male AA/AO 125 120 21730 21260
In post 2022 Analysis Male EO 420 410 26930 26590
In post 2022 Analysis Male G6/G7 1580 1545 59370 57030
In post 2022 Analysis Male SCS level 110 105 92290 81460
In post 2022 Analysis Male SEO/HEO 2240 2205 36350 36640
In post 2022 Analysis Unknown EO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Analysis Unknown G6/G7 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Analysis Unknown SEO/HEO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Commercial Female AA/AO 145 130 22640 21840
In post 2022 Commercial Female EO 465 440 26540 26350
In post 2022 Commercial Female G6/G7 1070 1040 60400 57710
In post 2022 Commercial Female SCS level 125 120 102950 96340
In post 2022 Commercial Female SEO/HEO 1525 1460 36910 36820
In post 2022 Commercial Female Unknown 75 75 37500 37280
In post 2022 Commercial Male AA/AO 145 140 22520 21660
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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.
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).