Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sex

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Status Year Function_of_post Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Analysis Female 3970 3735 42540 38340
In post 2022 Analysis Male 4475 4395 44540 39300
In post 2022 Analysis Unknown 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Commercial Female 3405 3265 44700 39990
In post 2022 Commercial Male 3210 3170 50330 42550
In post 2022 Communications Female 4570 4340 36770 33080
In post 2022 Communications Male 3970 3925 35220 32330
In post 2022 Counter Fraud Female 8990 8040 31160 27570
In post 2022 Counter Fraud Male 8035 7715 34060 31880
In post 2022 Debt Female 4175 3530 23690 21260
In post 2022 Debt Male 2645 2515 23950 21260
In post 2022 Digital, Data & Technology Female 8250 7855 40090 36820
In post 2022 Digital, Data & Technology Male 13805 13580 42210 39040
In post 2022 Finance Female 6870 6340 37450 33370
In post 2022 Finance Male 5505 5390 41700 37610
In post 2022 Grants Management Female 1355 1190 24850 21300
In post 2022 Grants Management Male 970 940 25680 21300
In post 2022 Human Resources Female 8080 7545 37340 33300
In post 2022 Human Resources Male 3640 3560 38510 33520
In post 2022 Internal Audit Female 410 385 44380 42210
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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).
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).