Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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 2025 Analysis Female 5715 5385 49880 46290
In post 2025 Analysis Male 6515 6385 51340 47460
In post 2025 Commercial Female 4270 4070 50280 45290
In post 2025 Commercial Male 3585 3535 55360 47380
In post 2025 Commercial Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Communications Female 3080 2920 47510 44500
In post 2025 Communications Male 1945 1920 49020 45270
In post 2025 Communications Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Counter Fraud Female 9165 8215 36310 34090
In post 2025 Counter Fraud Male 7995 7640 38810 36320
In post 2025 Debt Female 4855 4170 28910 26640
In post 2025 Debt Male 3265 3135 28760 26640
In post 2025 Digital and Data Female 10815 10340 48340 44950
In post 2025 Digital and Data Male 17840 17575 50070 46120
In post 2025 Digital and Data Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Finance Female 6835 6300 43760 38920
In post 2025 Finance Male 5335 5200 47900 44110
In post 2025 Finance Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Grants Management Female 1410 1260 32060 28800
In post 2025 Grants Management Male 970 940 32180 28800
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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 2025-07-16

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.
Five 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, United Kingdom Statistics Authority, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland.
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.
Of the 21 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).