Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Function_of_post

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Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 AA Analysis 25 25 24580 26180
In post 2024 AA Commercial 30 30 22910 21830
In post 2024 AA Communications 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Counter Fraud 10 10 23960 24000
In post 2024 AA Debt 35 30 23970 23990
In post 2024 AA Digital, Data & Technology 70 65 22490 21830
In post 2024 AA Finance 65 55 23620 24000
In post 2024 AA Human Resources 30 25 24020 23670
In post 2024 AA Legal 15 15 23880 22520
In post 2024 AA No function 11990 10540 24570 25630
In post 2024 AA Project Delivery 30 30 21250 21130
In post 2024 AA Property 425 405 22300 21460
In post 2024 AA Security 2490 2420 25480 23670
In post 2024 AA Unknown 2095 1965 25650 26630
In post 2024 AO Analysis 235 225 24980 24270
In post 2024 AO Commercial 340 320 25440 24270
In post 2024 AO Communications 290 270 25100 24270
In post 2024 AO Counter Fraud 2190 1890 25030 24280
In post 2024 AO Debt 5400 4810 24590 24280
In post 2024 AO Digital, Data & Technology 755 730 25270 25000
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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).