Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex

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Status Year Parent_department Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 7110 6525 44470 42800
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Male 3620 3535 48270 51270
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Female 5455 5280 46280 39580
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Male 4770 4720 51260 43730
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Female 180 170 56960 49670
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Male 245 240 63060 55180
In post 2023 Charity Commission Female 300 285 36050 30170
In post 2023 Charity Commission Male 200 195 35500 30170
In post 2023 Competition and Markets Authority Female 455 430 60150 57000
In post 2023 Competition and Markets Authority Male 455 450 64290 60260
In post 2023 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Female 7240 6805 41420 39360
In post 2023 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Male 7175 7025 44790 41360
In post 2023 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Female 1060 1030 48340 52760
In post 2023 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Male 880 875 49750 52760
In post 2023 Department for Education Female 5110 4845 44650 41440
In post 2023 Department for Education Male 3375 3335 46730 43250
In post 2023 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Female 7395 6885 35850 31080
In post 2023 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Male 5680 5570 37930 33960
In post 2023 Department for International Trade Female 1725 1685 47320 42050
In post 2023 Department for International Trade Male 1810 1795 49650 44300
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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).