Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Analysis 4755 4485 46480 42090
In post 2024 Female Commercial 4165 3970 47310 42900
In post 2024 Female Communications 2780 2640 45030 41960
In post 2024 Female Counter Fraud 8825 7950 34550 30320
In post 2024 Female Debt 4535 3910 26990 24280
In post 2024 Female Digital, Data & Technology 10480 10030 45020 41820
In post 2024 Female Finance 6895 6375 41810 37090
In post 2024 Female Grants Management 1440 1280 28580 23810
In post 2024 Female Human Resources 8285 7775 42450 38010
In post 2024 Female Internal Audit 325 305 49410 45510
In post 2024 Female Legal 9030 8280 49390 51260
In post 2024 Female No function 187595 170570 34670 29630
In post 2024 Female Project Delivery 12070 11405 46300 42620
In post 2024 Female Property 4070 3820 38430 35350
In post 2024 Female Security 3245 3115 38830 35630
In post 2024 Female Unknown 27580 25145 39090 32690
In post 2024 Male Analysis 5405 5285 48240 43820
In post 2024 Male Commercial 3605 3560 52600 45060
In post 2024 Male Communications 1770 1745 45510 41820
In post 2024 Male Counter Fraud 7790 7460 37310 35090
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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).
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).