Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post / Responsibility_level_grouped

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Analysis AA/AO 140 130 24770 24270
In post 2024 Female Analysis EO 490 455 29390 29500
In post 2024 Female Analysis G6/G7 1515 1410 62270 60180
In post 2024 Female Analysis SCS level 95 90 92160 85780
In post 2024 Female Analysis SEO/HEO 2510 2400 39760 40150
In post 2024 Female Analysis Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Commercial AA/AO 205 180 25120 23850
In post 2024 Female Commercial EO 515 480 29170 28640
In post 2024 Female Commercial G6/G7 1215 1175 65300 61700
In post 2024 Female Commercial SCS level 120 115 112930 106440
In post 2024 Female Commercial SEO/HEO 2110 2015 39880 40200
In post 2024 Female Commercial Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Communications AA/AO 185 165 24890 24270
In post 2024 Female Communications EO 345 320 29990 29500
In post 2024 Female Communications G6/G7 680 650 62390 60350
In post 2024 Female Communications SCS level 65 65 94510 87570
In post 2024 Female Communications SEO/HEO 1505 1435 40910 40770
In post 2024 Female Communications Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Counter Fraud AA/AO 1385 1130 25080 24280
In post 2024 Female Counter Fraud EO 3890 3485 30350 29500
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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_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).