Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post

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Status Year Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Analysis 8455 8140 43590 38340
In post 2022 Commercial 6615 6435 47430 40980
In post 2022 Communications 8540 8265 36050 33080
In post 2022 Counter Fraud 17025 15750 32530 29290
In post 2022 Debt 6820 6050 23790 21260
In post 2022 Digital, Data & Technology 22055 21430 41420 38180
In post 2022 Finance 12375 11730 39340 35310
In post 2022 Grants Management 2320 2130 25200 21300
In post 2022 Human Resources 11720 11105 37700 33300
In post 2022 Internal Audit 765 730 46200 43300
In post 2022 Legal 12405 11570 46750 48830
In post 2022 No function 274525 254050 31890 27570
In post 2022 Project Delivery 26565 25520 42170 40000
In post 2022 Property 9545 9145 36720 33300
In post 2022 Security 10690 10435 32900 31180
In post 2022 Unknown 79660 75595 34930 30040
Leaver CS 2022 Analysis 545 [c] 37080 33210
Leaver CS 2022 Commercial 515 [c] 52600 42670
Leaver CS 2022 Communications 415 [c] 41110 37520
Leaver CS 2022 Counter Fraud 345 [c] 29410 27570
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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.
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).