Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Function_of_post

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 AA/AO Analysis 260 250 24940 24270
In post 2024 AA/AO Commercial 375 350 25230 24270
In post 2024 AA/AO Communications 295 275 25060 24270
In post 2024 AA/AO Counter Fraud 2200 1900 25030 24280
In post 2024 AA/AO Debt 5435 4840 24580 24280
In post 2024 AA/AO Digital, Data & Technology 825 795 25040 25000
In post 2024 AA/AO Finance 1810 1565 24940 24280
In post 2024 AA/AO Grants Management 1320 1195 23810 23810
In post 2024 AA/AO Human Resources 1005 925 25130 25000
In post 2024 AA/AO Internal Audit 10 10 27260 27560
In post 2024 AA/AO Legal 1820 1675 25110 24470
In post 2024 AA/AO No function 103470 93615 26540 24800
In post 2024 AA/AO Project Delivery 760 710 25040 24270
In post 2024 AA/AO Property 1740 1640 24440 24330
In post 2024 AA/AO Security 5460 5310 31220 27560
In post 2024 AA/AO Unknown 8855 7985 25800 24270
In post 2024 EO Analysis 1000 945 29420 29500
In post 2024 EO Commercial 860 820 29300 28700
In post 2024 EO Communications 585 555 30030 29500
In post 2024 EO Counter Fraud 6835 6290 30350 29500
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).