Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Sex

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Status Year Profession_of_post Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Commercial Female 3400 3225 38520 36500
In post 2022 Commercial Male 2800 2750 41580 38650
In post 2022 Communications Female 2485 2365 42290 38760
In post 2022 Communications Male 1685 1665 42620 38970
In post 2022 Corporate Finance Female 80 75 42580 38590
In post 2022 Corporate Finance Male 65 65 56410 50100
In post 2022 Counter Fraud Female 3910 3410 28350 27570
In post 2022 Counter Fraud Male 2675 2520 30500 27570
In post 2022 Digital, Data and Technology Female 7000 6675 40930 37660
In post 2022 Digital, Data and Technology Male 13010 12825 42750 39460
In post 2022 Economics Female 775 740 46800 43430
In post 2022 Economics Male 1315 1305 47950 43950
In post 2022 Finance Female 6890 6500 38630 34260
In post 2022 Finance Male 5435 5345 42760 39040
In post 2022 Geography Female 170 160 30820 29290
In post 2022 Geography Male 315 305 31750 33290
In post 2022 Human Resources Female 6780 6365 38510 33990
In post 2022 Human Resources Male 2830 2770 39980 36130
In post 2022 Inspector of Education and Training Female 675 655 62760 51360
In post 2022 Inspector of Education and Training Male 260 255 73180 75500
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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).
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.
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).