Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Parent_department

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Status Year Function_of_post Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments 10 10 44520 47530
In post 2024 Analysis Cabinet Office 140 140 34870 31970
In post 2024 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments 210 200 72490 70890
In post 2024 Analysis Charity Commission 30 30 37660 35090
In post 2024 Analysis Competition and Markets Authority 185 175 65650 61380
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Business and Trade 400 395 49630 45490
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Culture, Media and Sport 70 70 52780 53840
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Education 625 600 48110 45830
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 55 55 33170 32290
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 265 260 50100 52400
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 120 115 51610 45130
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Transport 330 315 51510 53580
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Work and Pensions 1180 1105 39920 35710
In post 2024 Analysis Department of Health and Social Care 410 395 50080 45360
In post 2024 Analysis Estyn [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Food Standards Agency 45 45 42290 40500
In post 2024 Analysis Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 70 65 53980 50600
In post 2024 Analysis HM Land Registry 35 30 49120 41890
In post 2024 Analysis HM Revenue and Customs 850 820 50200 44420
In post 2024 Analysis HM Treasury 260 255 48540 43050
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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 2024-07-24

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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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.
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).