Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Analysis 6885 6595 48390 44220
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Commercial 5700 5515 50890 44500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Communications 3045 2920 45210 41820
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 11235 10440 36130 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Debt 4605 4110 27260 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology 18650 18145 46610 43080
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Finance 8580 8150 44510 40200
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Grants Management 1735 1595 28840 23810
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 8965 8495 43140 39390
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 455 430 52000 48490
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Legal 9705 9105 50340 53580
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight No function 224585 209525 36100 32000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Project Delivery 16965 16300 48440 43700
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Property 6370 6125 41140 36200
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Security 8015 7795 38080 35400
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 30615 28640 40610 33980
In post 2024 LGBO Analysis 775 760 44710 41070
In post 2024 LGBO Commercial 365 360 48490 43080
In post 2024 LGBO Communications 310 305 45920 42940
In post 2024 LGBO Counter Fraud 655 635 35380 32690
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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.
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).