Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Commercial 6200 5975 39900 37270
In post 2022 Communications 4170 4035 42420 38820
In post 2022 Corporate Finance 145 140 48830 45830
In post 2022 Counter Fraud 6585 5935 29220 27570
In post 2022 Digital, Data and Technology 20010 19500 42110 38550
In post 2022 Economics 2090 2045 47520 43950
In post 2022 Finance 12325 11850 40450 36500
In post 2022 Geography 485 465 31420 33000
In post 2022 Human Resources 9610 9135 38940 34630
In post 2022 Inspector of Education and Training 935 910 65670 70500
In post 2022 Intelligence Analysis 3240 3105 33870 30820
In post 2022 Internal Audit 775 740 46120 43250
In post 2022 International Trade 1640 1620 47260 43820
In post 2022 Knowledge and Information Management 2380 2285 35540 32670
In post 2022 Legal 12680 11875 48870 49710
In post 2022 Medicine 2515 2235 55730 45840
In post 2022 Operational Delivery 254995 233400 28710 27130
In post 2022 Operational Research 1135 1085 45060 43950
In post 2022 Other 30380 28810 30790 27570
In post 2022 Planning 225 215 44610 40720
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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.
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).