Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial 2880 2750 48400 43580
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications 2075 1960 44700 41740
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Corporate Finance 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 4070 3675 32480 29500
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data and Technology 5935 5670 46690 43080
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Economics 620 595 52000 48700
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Finance 4450 4175 43960 40200
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Geography 120 105 35810 35920
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 6490 6085 43490 39870
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Inspector of Education and Training 680 660 68120 68920
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Intelligence Analysis 1185 1105 36230 32850
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 255 235 50130 47700
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight International Trade 540 525 50780 44020
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Knowledge and Information Management 915 855 36980 33670
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Legal 5030 4620 57210 58000
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Medicine 1255 1120 55560 44040
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Operational Delivery 117675 105395 31590 29500
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Operational Research 385 360 49300 45910
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Other 4465 4150 39770 35710
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Planning 95 90 49800 44860
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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.
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).