Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sex

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Status Year Function_of_post Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis Female 4755 4485 46480 42090
In post 2024 Analysis Male 5405 5285 48240 43820
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial Female 4165 3970 47310 42900
In post 2024 Commercial Male 3605 3560 52600 45060
In post 2024 Communications Female 2780 2640 45030 41960
In post 2024 Communications Male 1770 1745 45510 41820
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Female 8825 7950 34550 30320
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Male 7790 7460 37310 35090
In post 2024 Debt Female 4535 3910 26990 24280
In post 2024 Debt Male 3025 2900 26900 24280
In post 2024 Digital, Data & Technology Female 10480 10030 45020 41820
In post 2024 Digital, Data & Technology Male 17315 17050 46940 43350
In post 2024 Digital, Data & Technology Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Finance Female 6895 6375 41810 37090
In post 2024 Finance Male 5425 5310 45910 41950
In post 2024 Grants Management Female 1440 1280 28580 23810
In post 2024 Grants Management Male 1025 995 28660 23810
In post 2024 Human Resources Female 8285 7775 42450 38010
In post 2024 Human Resources Male 3610 3535 42850 38330
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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).
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).