Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Function_of_post Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Analysis Digital, Data and Technology 180 175 46040 43650
In post 2023 Analysis Economics 1805 1770 48540 44170
In post 2023 Analysis Finance 35 35 42880 39520
In post 2023 Analysis Human Resources 10 10 57460 55750
In post 2023 Analysis Intelligence Analysis 125 125 42070 39890
In post 2023 Analysis International Trade [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Knowledge and Information Management 60 55 43460 38470
In post 2023 Analysis Legal [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Operational Delivery 765 725 34830 31830
In post 2023 Analysis Operational Research 795 765 45790 43650
In post 2023 Analysis Other 590 565 51220 42370
In post 2023 Analysis Planning [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Policy 255 245 48610 43760
In post 2023 Analysis Project Delivery 20 20 41080 38470
In post 2023 Analysis Science and Engineering 1340 1290 41990 39890
In post 2023 Analysis Social Research 1430 1370 44830 41440
In post 2023 Analysis Statistics 2725 2630 44960 41510
In post 2023 Analysis Tax 10 10 44220 45050
In post 2023 Analysis Unknown 170 170 47760 43650
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial 6265 6085 48020 42500
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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 2023-07-26, with GIT d545f65.

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.
Four 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, 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.
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.
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.
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).