Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

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Status Year Function_of_post Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis AA 25 25 24580 26180
In post 2024 Analysis AO 235 225 24980 24270
In post 2024 Analysis EO 1000 945 29420 29500
In post 2024 Analysis G6 835 795 76070 73500
In post 2024 Analysis G7 2665 2545 58330 57860
In post 2024 Analysis HEO 2685 2615 35720 35710
In post 2024 Analysis SCS level 230 225 94700 87390
In post 2024 Analysis SEO 2490 2400 43900 43410
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial AA 30 30 22910 21830
In post 2024 Commercial AO 340 320 25440 24270
In post 2024 Commercial EO 860 820 29300 28700
In post 2024 Commercial G6 770 755 76900 74720
In post 2024 Commercial G7 1765 1725 61620 59150
In post 2024 Commercial HEO 1615 1565 35360 35290
In post 2024 Commercial SCS level 305 300 117860 110730
In post 2024 Commercial SEO 2080 2015 43880 43850
In post 2024 Commercial Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Communications AA 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Communications AO 290 270 25100 24270
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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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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).