Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post / Sexual_orientation / Profession_of_post

Status Year Sex Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Commercial [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Communications [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 75 65 31580 29500
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data and Technology 50 50 44750 41850
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Economics 445 425 51930 48700
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Finance 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Geography 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Human Resources [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Intelligence Analysis 30 30 40310 39530
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Knowledge and Information Management 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Medicine 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Operational Delivery 290 270 36850 34440
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Operational Research 235 215 49010 45910
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Other 270 250 50680 40200
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Policy 45 40 53420 57150
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Project Delivery 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Property [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Psychology [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Science and Engineering 145 135 50680 51680
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight Security [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 2024-07-25

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).
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).