Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post

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Status	Year	Sex	Function_of_post	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	5715	5385	49880	46290
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	4270	4070	50280	45290
In post	2025	Female	Communications	3080	2920	47510	44500
In post	2025	Female	Counter Fraud	9165	8215	36310	34090
In post	2025	Female	Debt	4855	4170	28910	26640
In post	2025	Female	Digital and Data	10815	10340	48340	44950
In post	2025	Female	Finance	6835	6300	43760	38920
In post	2025	Female	Grants Management	1410	1260	32060	28800
In post	2025	Female	Internal Audit	380	355	51430	47220
In post	2025	Female	Legal	9165	8410	52170	54340
In post	2025	Female	No function	188550	171480	37050	31650
In post	2025	Female	People	8050	7530	44620	39680
In post	2025	Female	Project Delivery	12445	11720	48340	44730
In post	2025	Female	Property	3915	3675	40710	37160
In post	2025	Female	Security	3100	2965	41020	37330
In post	2025	Female	Unknown	28595	25980	40690	34330
In post	2025	Male	Analysis	6515	6385	51340	47460
In post	2025	Male	Commercial	3585	3535	55360	47380
In post	2025	Male	Communications	1945	1920	49020	45270
In post	2025	Male	Counter Fraud	7995	7640	38810	36320

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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).