Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Sex Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Analysis 90 85 24790 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Commercial 130 115 24910 23850
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Communications 135 125 24870 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Counter Fraud 890 745 25120 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Debt 2030 1700 24550 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Digital, Data & Technology 260 245 25110 25000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Finance 695 575 24920 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Grants Management 545 460 23810 23810
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Human Resources 500 445 25080 25000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Internal Audit [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Legal 970 885 25090 24470
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female No function 37100 32060 25710 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Project Delivery 270 240 24880 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Property 405 365 24120 24330
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Security 590 555 28140 25000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Female Unknown 3100 2645 25390 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Male Analysis 80 80 25170 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Male Commercial 100 95 24630 23850
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Male Communications 75 75 25480 25000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Male Counter Fraud 525 495 24950 24270
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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).
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.
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).