Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Region_ITL2 / Region_london / Region_ITL3

Status Year Parent_department Region_ITL2 Region_london Region_ITL3 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Outside London Hertfordshire 175 155 42490 40000
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Outside London Berkshire 135 125 43310 40000
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Cheshire Outside London Warrington 25 25 46530 48830
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Outside London Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 25 25 36240 28430
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Cumbria Outside London East Cumbria 30 25 35030 28430
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Cumbria Outside London West Cumbria 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Outside London Derby [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Outside London East Derbyshire [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Outside London Nottingham 270 250 37300 30130
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Devon Outside London Devon CC 100 95 39950 36240
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Anglia Outside London Cambridgeshire CC 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Anglia Outside London Norwich and East Norfolk 75 65 35640 28430
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Anglia Outside London Peterborough [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Anglia Outside London Suffolk 35 30 38310 34050
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Wales Outside London Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan 215 200 41090 38760
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Wales Outside London Flintshire and Wrexham 75 65 41500 38000
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Outside London Kingston upon Hull, City of 75 65 38580 28430
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Essex Outside London Heart of Essex 185 170 41150 35020
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area Outside London Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 35 30 52750 50600
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area Outside London Bristol, City of 155 145 41650 38180
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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 2023-02-18, with GIT 71a76ea.

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.
Five 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, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, 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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into “London”, “Outside London”: all UK regions excluding London, “Overseas”, and “Unknown”.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
Region_ITL3 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
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).