Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Analysis 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Commercial 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Communications [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Counter Fraud 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Debt 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Digital, Data & Technology 40 40 20590 20670
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Finance 30 25 21470 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Human Resources 60 50 21180 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Internal Audit [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Legal 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA No function 8240 7330 21970 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Project Delivery 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Property 380 365 19620 18830
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Security 1845 1790 22350 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown 825 780 23750 23340
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Analysis 135 130 23000 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Commercial 195 185 23550 22500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Communications 115 110 23300 22500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Counter Fraud 1445 1275 23180 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Debt 3425 3030 22500 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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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).