Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Sexual_orientation / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial 3015 2875 45120 40220
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications 1735 1640 43630 40790
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Corporate Finance 35 30 46230 43890
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 3765 3400 30590 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data and Technology 5565 5305 43630 40040
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Economics 555 530 50130 49400
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Finance 4250 3990 41640 38020
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Geography 105 95 33680 34370
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 6425 6060 40470 37000
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Inspector of Education and Training 700 685 63750 52750
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Intelligence Analysis 1065 995 33170 30000
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 320 300 45770 43160
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight International Trade 660 640 48040 42680
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Knowledge and Information Management 995 940 35000 32520
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Legal 5000 4590 53020 52790
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Medicine 1230 1085 52280 41190
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Operational Delivery 109355 97655 29550 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Operational Research 340 315 45400 42510
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Other 5820 5255 33370 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Planning 90 85 45030 40390
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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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).