Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Age

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Status Year Profession_of_post Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Commercial 16-19 15 15 24690 23500
In post 2024 Commercial 20-29 1135 1130 37570 35270
In post 2024 Commercial 30-39 1730 1680 46910 43580
In post 2024 Commercial 40-49 1920 1860 53830 46020
In post 2024 Commercial 50-59 1835 1795 55730 47830
In post 2024 Commercial 60-64 440 390 51170 44580
In post 2024 Commercial 65+ 115 100 49810 44500
In post 2024 Communications 16-19 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Communications 20-29 980 975 37970 37240
In post 2024 Communications 30-39 1410 1365 45780 43700
In post 2024 Communications 40-49 1250 1190 50170 45840
In post 2024 Communications 50-59 900 870 45250 41510
In post 2024 Communications 60-64 225 200 41820 39280
In post 2024 Communications 65+ 75 60 36210 31890
In post 2024 Corporate Finance 20-29 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Corporate Finance 30-39 25 25 51530 42580
In post 2024 Corporate Finance 40-49 25 25 64240 59180
In post 2024 Corporate Finance 50-59 15 15 61790 60420
In post 2024 Corporate Finance 60-64 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Corporate Finance 65+ [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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).
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions information for their employees.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).