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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2023	Analysis	10325	9965	44970	40280
In post	2023	Commercial	7280	7070	47870	42500
In post	2023	Communications	4150	4010	44240	41060
In post	2023	Counter Fraud	17140	15935	34100	32260
In post	2023	Debt	7755	6975	24710	22520
In post	2023	Digital, Data & Technology	26350	25635	43440	39910
In post	2023	Finance	12870	12200	41040	37680
In post	2023	Grants Management	2615	2415	26560	22150
In post	2023	Human Resources	14420	13795	39470	34850
In post	2023	Internal Audit	735	700	48100	45250
In post	2023	Legal	13380	12515	47850	51270
In post	2023	No function	330685	307080	33290	28880
In post	2023	Project Delivery	22300	21470	46160	42140
In post	2023	Property	8905	8520	37430	34300
In post	2023	Security	10035	9790	34780	31270
In post	2023	Unknown	30825	29590	42020	38330
Leaver CS	2023	Analysis	875	[c]	36860	32320
Leaver CS	2023	Commercial	640	[c]	50550	42550
Leaver CS	2023	Communications	440	[c]	42840	40000
Leaver CS	2023	Counter Fraud	905	[c]	30230	28120

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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.
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).