Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Analysis 4750 4490 43850 39640
In post 2023 Female Commercial 3850 3680 45220 40750
In post 2023 Female Communications 2515 2390 43830 40900
In post 2023 Female Counter Fraud 9125 8230 32800 29730
In post 2023 Female Debt 4680 4035 24690 22520
In post 2023 Female Digital, Data & Technology 9805 9360 42140 38840
In post 2023 Female Finance 7190 6645 39130 35000
In post 2023 Female Grants Management 1510 1340 26460 22150
In post 2023 Female Human Resources 9080 8565 39740 35000
In post 2023 Female Internal Audit 390 365 46130 43580
In post 2023 Female Legal 8775 8045 46610 49050
In post 2023 Female No function 187835 169590 32230 28120
In post 2023 Female Project Delivery 11370 10770 44590 41200
In post 2023 Female Property 3945 3685 35750 32970
In post 2023 Female Security 2605 2495 35110 32640
In post 2023 Female Unknown 16275 15320 41360 37830
In post 2023 Male Analysis 5565 5465 45940 41560
In post 2023 Male Commercial 3435 3390 50840 43400
In post 2023 Male Communications 1635 1620 44870 41350
In post 2023 Male Counter Fraud 8015 7705 35580 34170
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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).
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).