Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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Status Year Profession_of_post Function_of_post Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Commercial Analysis Department for Work and Pensions [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Attorney General’s Departments 35 35 42820 40700
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Cabinet Office 1915 1880 67260 68790
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Chancellor’s other departments 15 15 47550 52750
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Charity Commission [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Competition and Markets Authority 10 10 53570 52860
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Business and Trade 75 75 43950 43010
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Culture, Media and Sport 25 25 54270 57860
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Education 180 175 45460 40980
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 25 25 40830 40140
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 190 185 39150 39630
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 45 45 40640 39640
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 95 95 43140 40200
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Transport 345 325 42700 39290
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department for Work and Pensions 220 205 41210 40200
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Department of Health and Social Care 180 175 47540 42720
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Estyn [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Food Standards Agency 15 15 39040 36870
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 175 170 46630 44290
In post 2024 Commercial Commercial HM Land Registry 25 25 43900 41890
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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.
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.
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).