Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Commercial 7585 7345 47340 41590
In post 2023 Communications 4110 3970 43840 40890
In post 2023 Corporate Finance 105 100 53090 45340
In post 2023 Counter Fraud 9595 8850 31720 28120
In post 2023 Digital, Data and Technology 23155 22575 44500 41200
In post 2023 Economics 2165 2120 49250 45560
In post 2023 Finance 10220 9790 42920 39030
In post 2023 Geography 480 455 33030 34370
In post 2023 Human Resources 13005 12470 39920 35410
In post 2023 Inspector of Education and Training 1090 1070 66670 72470
In post 2023 Intelligence Analysis 3235 3105 35100 32160
In post 2023 Internal Audit 765 725 47910 44930
In post 2023 International Trade 2155 2120 48840 43540
In post 2023 Knowledge and Information Management 2500 2385 36260 33830
In post 2023 Legal 11550 10805 52690 52790
In post 2023 Medicine 2460 2175 57840 45770
In post 2023 Operational Delivery 272430 250240 29950 28120
In post 2023 Operational Research 1155 1115 44080 42510
In post 2023 Other 16235 15280 34330 29540
In post 2023 Planning 230 220 46210 41450
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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).
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).