Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Function_of_post

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Status Year Profession_of_post Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Commercial Analysis 15 15 49460 53000
In post 2022 Commercial Commercial 4070 3940 39510 37400
In post 2022 Commercial Communications 15 15 45200 37710
In post 2022 Commercial Digital, Data & Technology 25 25 37430 35050
In post 2022 Commercial Finance 625 585 36970 33820
In post 2022 Commercial Human Resources [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Commercial No function 515 500 48360 46550
In post 2022 Commercial Project Delivery 755 725 39010 37400
In post 2022 Commercial Property 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Commercial Security [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Commercial Unknown 165 160 37520 35560
In post 2022 Communications Analysis 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Communications Commercial 10 10 43710 40650
In post 2022 Communications Communications 3440 3330 42400 38680
In post 2022 Communications Digital, Data & Technology 25 20 38690 38180
In post 2022 Communications Finance 10 10 40010 40650
In post 2022 Communications Human Resources 15 15 39310 36020
In post 2022 Communications Legal 25 25 36500 39750
In post 2022 Communications No function 250 240 41230 37100
In post 2022 Communications Project Delivery 45 40 38830 36770
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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.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Cabinet Office (excl agencies) reported profession information for only 60 out of a total 9,930 employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions 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).