Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Function_of_post Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Digital, Data and Technology [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Economics 50 50 20980 19860
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Geography 10 10 20330 21170
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Human Resources [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Intelligence Analysis [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Knowledge and Information Management [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Operational Delivery 35 30 20910 20350
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Operational Research 30 30 22820 21840
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Other 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Policy [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Science and Engineering 35 35 21320 21510
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Social Research 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Statistics 25 25 22530 21840
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Tax [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Analysis Unknown 45 45 22460 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Commercial Commercial 225 210 22630 21840
In post 2022 AA/AO Commercial Communications [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Commercial Finance [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 AA/AO Commercial Operational Delivery 55 50 22520 21300
In post 2022 AA/AO Commercial Science and Engineering 5 5 [c] [c]
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).