Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Analysis 6920 6655 46120 41870
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Commercial 5175 5015 48170 42510
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Communications 2725 2620 44330 41050
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 11340 10570 34300 32520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Debt 4650 4150 24950 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology 17600 17105 43690 40500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Finance 9115 8665 41790 38470
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Grants Management 1720 1585 26640 22150
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 10770 10270 39630 35000
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 565 535 48140 46000
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Legal 9385 8815 47450 50460
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight No function 222195 206540 33720 29050
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Project Delivery 16100 15485 46440 42140
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Property 6015 5770 38570 34700
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Security 6945 6765 34490 30700
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 17975 17190 43780 39690
In post 2023 LGBO Analysis 735 720 42300 39170
In post 2023 LGBO Commercial 275 275 44890 40610
In post 2023 LGBO Communications 255 250 44210 41870
In post 2023 LGBO Counter Fraud 695 670 33760 31980
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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.
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).