Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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Status Year Profession_of_post Function_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial AA/AO 325 305 23630 22500
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial EO 615 590 27580 27140
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial G6/G7 1995 1955 64120 65410
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial SCS level 265 260 115500 110130
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial SEO/HEO 2895 2815 38130 38050
In post 2023 Commercial Commercial Unknown 165 165 42960 42620
In post 2023 Commercial Communications SEO/HEO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Counter Fraud EO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Counter Fraud G6/G7 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Counter Fraud SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Counter Fraud SEO/HEO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Digital, Data & Technology EO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Digital, Data & Technology G6/G7 10 10 56040 56430
In post 2023 Commercial Digital, Data & Technology SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Digital, Data & Technology SEO/HEO 10 10 38420 38460
In post 2023 Commercial Finance AA/AO 60 50 21990 21690
In post 2023 Commercial Finance EO 80 70 28840 28120
In post 2023 Commercial Finance G6/G7 130 125 56460 53190
In post 2023 Commercial Finance SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial Finance SEO/HEO 480 455 37210 38470
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).