Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Commercial 7185 6965 49800 44420
In post 2024 Communications 4850 4670 44870 41800
In post 2024 Corporate Finance 80 80 57610 47600
In post 2024 Counter Fraud 10365 9570 33620 29630
In post 2024 Digital, Data and Technology 24700 24115 47140 43350
In post 2024 Economics 2400 2350 51090 46770
In post 2024 Finance 10835 10370 45140 41240
In post 2024 Geography 520 490 35080 35920
In post 2024 Human Resources 11860 11295 43240 39500
In post 2024 Inspector of Education and Training 1055 1025 71170 80740
In post 2024 Intelligence Analysis 3585 3445 37950 34640
In post 2024 Internal Audit 665 630 51980 48490
In post 2024 International Trade 1765 1735 51110 44420
In post 2024 Knowledge and Information Management 2430 2315 38100 35260
In post 2024 Legal 11155 10435 56810 58000
In post 2024 Medicine 2545 2260 60210 48010
In post 2024 Operational Delivery 293620 270745 31920 29500
In post 2024 Operational Research 1280 1225 48100 45670
In post 2024 Other 12950 12385 40800 35790
In post 2024 Planning 240 230 48550 44500
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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.
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).