Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Function_of_post / Organisation / Parent_department

Status Year Profession_of_post Function_of_post Organisation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Animal and Plant Health Agency Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 15 15 38540 37950
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Cabinet Office 85 85 51850 51290
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Central Civil Service Fast Stream Cabinet Office 90 90 30450 30130
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 15 15 45380 49400
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Charity Commission Charity Commission [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Companies House Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Competition and Markets Authority Competition and Markets Authority 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Crown Commercial Service Cabinet Office 340 330 37480 39860
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Crown Prosecution Service Attorney General’s Departments 35 30 40620 38940
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Defence Electronics and Components Agency Ministry of Defence 25 25 33530 34680
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Defence Equipment and Support Ministry of Defence 925 880 41990 42620
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence 80 75 32460 30650
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (excl. agencies) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (excl. agencies) Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 20 20 54640 54980
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Department for Education (excl. agencies) Department for Education 230 225 42370 39090
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 150 145 36560 37300
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Department for International Trade Department for International Trade 35 35 39470 38160
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 30 30 43400 40390
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Department for Transport (excl. agencies) Department for Transport 150 145 50230 43750
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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.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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).