Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sex Parent_department Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Analysis [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Commercial 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Communications 40 40 45170 39750
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Counter Fraud 90 90 42660 33770
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Digital, Data & Technology 90 85 37800 34080
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Finance 80 75 33470 27350
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Human Resources 185 175 39700 33890
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Internal Audit [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Legal 5980 5420 44050 48080
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments No function 35 30 44490 40000
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Project Delivery 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Property 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Security 35 35 33810 30130
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 100 90 47480 42410
In post 2022 Female Cabinet Office Analysis [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Cabinet Office Commercial 1005 980 59470 56520
In post 2022 Female Cabinet Office Communications 240 235 47400 42630
In post 2022 Female Cabinet Office Counter Fraud 65 60 46370 42240
In post 2022 Female Cabinet Office Digital, Data & Technology 565 550 48630 51600
In post 2022 Female Cabinet Office Finance 55 55 43780 38450
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 30 September 2021, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government changed its name to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
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.
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).