Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Function_of_post

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Status Year Ethnicity Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Asian Analysis 850 830 44540 40910
In post 2024 Asian Commercial 470 460 48060 42540
In post 2024 Asian Communications 225 220 41650 38250
In post 2024 Asian Counter Fraud 1445 1365 34600 33980
In post 2024 Asian Debt 1000 895 26280 24280
In post 2024 Asian Digital, Data & Technology 2300 2265 46060 42870
In post 2024 Asian Finance 1175 1145 43770 40390
In post 2024 Asian Grants Management 100 95 28830 23810
In post 2024 Asian Human Resources 805 775 40500 36580
In post 2024 Asian Internal Audit 95 90 49810 48400
In post 2024 Asian Legal 1490 1400 46770 47540
In post 2024 Asian No function 24375 22710 34580 30970
In post 2024 Asian Project Delivery 1555 1510 45610 41580
In post 2024 Asian Property 440 420 39580 35710
In post 2024 Asian Security 465 455 37380 35380
In post 2024 Asian Unknown 2605 2440 34280 29500
In post 2024 Black Analysis 300 295 41230 39100
In post 2024 Black Commercial 255 255 46420 41850
In post 2024 Black Communications 120 120 39950 37620
In post 2024 Black Counter Fraud 675 635 34570 33980
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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.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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).