Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Function_of_post

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Analysis 145 140 22940 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Commercial 205 190 23420 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Communications 115 110 23270 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 1455 1285 23180 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Debt 3445 3045 22490 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology 615 590 22850 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Finance 1140 990 22790 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Grants Management 910 820 22130 22150
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 905 830 22590 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Legal 1315 1230 23210 22870
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight No function 67995 61140 24320 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Project Delivery 265 250 22820 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Property 1015 955 21910 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Security 3790 3685 28100 22970
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 2255 2125 25140 25620
In post 2023 AA/AO LGBO Analysis 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO LGBO Commercial 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO LGBO Communications 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO LGBO Counter Fraud 95 85 23190 22520
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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.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).