Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Function_of_post

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Analysis 235 230 22950 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Commercial 360 335 23620 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO Communications 175 165 23270 22490
In post 2023 AA/AO Counter Fraud 2280 1985 23180 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Debt 5935 5295 22600 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Digital, Data & Technology 890 855 22780 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Finance 1955 1685 22870 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Grants Management 1425 1295 22130 22150
In post 2023 AA/AO Human Resources 1250 1155 22640 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Internal Audit 20 20 27970 26920
In post 2023 AA/AO Legal 1835 1695 23280 22870
In post 2023 AA/AO No function 107600 96755 24270 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Project Delivery 445 425 22800 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Property 1875 1765 22400 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Security 5495 5350 28690 25350
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown 4830 4550 24980 24890
In post 2023 EO Analysis 910 875 27770 27470
In post 2023 EO Commercial 745 710 27740 27140
In post 2023 EO Communications 520 495 28770 28300
In post 2023 EO Counter Fraud 7435 6865 29160 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).
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.
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).